# Incident 19961204041099I: Beech A36, Santa Ana, CA, December 4, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 1996, 19:16 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne Airport-Orange Cou
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8044J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8044J-2007-09-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961204041099I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE OWNER PILOT OF N8044J HAD RETURNED TO KSNA FROM AN INSTRUMENT PRACTICE PERIOD AND DECIDED TO REMAIN IN THE KSNA TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR TOUCH & GO LANDINGS. HE MADE HIS FIRST TOUCH & GO LANDING ON RUNWAY 19R, THEN CHANGED TO LEFT TRAFFIC FOR RUNWAY 19L. DURING THE ROLLOUT OF HIS SECOND TOUCH & GO (THE FIRST ON 19L), HE INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR INSTEAD OF THE FLAPS.

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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