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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 35BEECH · Grand Ledge, MI · July 22, 1996

Date
July 22, 1996 · 15:00 local
Place
Grand Ledge, MI
Airport
Abrams Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8963A
Reported as
Beech 35BEECH
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
240 total12 in this make and model12 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: the aircraft, a BE-35, landed with the landing gear retracted. The pilot/owner, the sole occupant was not injured and the aircraft received minor damage. The pilot stated that he failed to raise the landing gear when he departed a nearby local field and inadvertently raised the landing gear prior to landing.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE AIRCRAFT, A BE-35, LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THE PILOT/OWNER, THE SOLE OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE FAILED TO RAISE THE LANDING GEAR WHEN HE DEPARTED A NEARBY LOCAL FIELD AND INADVERTENTLY RAISED THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING.