# Incident 19960722019229I: Beech 35BEECH, Grand Ledge, MI, July 22, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 1996, 15:00 local time
- Place: Grand Ledge, MI
- Airport: Abrams Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7749° N, 84.7331° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ABRAMS MUNI (4D0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7749&lon=-84.7331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8963A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8963A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C35 (registry code 1151508, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35BEECH
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 240 total, 12 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960722019229I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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