19961002035499I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 35A33 · Marana, AZ · October 2, 1996

Date: October 2, 1996 · 16:45 local
Place: Marana, AZ
Airport: Pinal Airpark
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6468N
Reported as: Beech 35A33
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 69 total69 in this make and model69 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: on oct. 2, 1996, the student pilot departed ryan field, tus, for a local training flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The student was making touch and go landings at Pinal Airpark (mej) and reported the following: after a normal flaps 30 landing instead of putting my flaps up I put my gear up. When I did this the gear warning went on and in a sudden reaction I put the gear (lever) down again and after this I quickly put the flaps up. Then the nose gear collapsed and the propeller hit the runway which caused the nose of the plane to come up again. Directly after this the main gear collapsed and I slid to the right of the runway and came to a stop.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON OCT. 2, 1996, THE STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED RYAN FIELD, TUS, FOR A LOCAL TRAINING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE STUDENT WAS MAKING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT PINAL AIRPARK (MEJ) AND REPORTED THE FOLLOWING: AFTER A NORMAL FLAPS 30 LANDING INSTEAD OF PUTTING MY FLAPS UP I PUT MY GEAR UP. WHEN I DID THIS THE GEAR WARNING WENT ON AND IN A SUDDEN REACTION I PUT THE GEAR (LEVER) DOWN AGAIN AND AFTER THIS I QUICKLY PUT THE FLAPS UP. THEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PROPELLER HIT THE RUNWAY WHICH CAUSED THE NOSE OF THE PLANE TO COME UP AGAIN. DIRECTLY AFTER THIS THE MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AND I SLID TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO A STOP.