43.4896° N, 112.0353° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Idaho Falls, ID, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 20, 1996 · 12:10 local
Place
Idaho Falls, ID
Airport
Fanning Field
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3205C
Reported as
Beech E35
Reported engine
Continental E2258
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total300 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: after landing at the Idaho Falls airport and turning on to the taxi way, the pilot raised the landing gear handle instead of the flap handle. The aircraft settled on to the taxi way, causing minor damage to the lower fuselage area and propeller. Pilot stated that the gear safety switch was operational. Incident referred to operations privacy data omitted
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: AFTER LANDING AT THE IDAHO FALLS AIRPORT AND TURNING ON TO THE TAXI WAY, THE PILOT RAISED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE INSTEAD OF THE FLAP HANDLE. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON TO THE TAXI WAY, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LOWER FUSELAGE AREA AND PROPELLER. PILOT STATED THAT THE GEAR SAFETY SWITCH WAS OPERATIONAL. INCIDENT REFERRED TO OPERATIONS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^