# Incident 19970517011009I: Beech 95C55, Richmond, VA, May 17, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1997, 16:10 local time
- Place: Richmond, VA
- Airport: Chesterfield County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5538° N, 77.4603° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Richmond, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5538&lon=-77.4603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77EE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77EE-2018-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-C55 (registry code 1152708, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-c55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95C55
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 400 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970517011009I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MAY 15, 1997, AT 16:10 HRS LOCAL TIME, A BEECH BARON, BE-55, N77EE, WAS MAKING A TOUCH AND GO AT CHESTERFIELD AIRPORT, CHESTERFIELD, VA AFTER LANDING AND PRIOR TO TAKE-OFF, THE PILOT QUICKLY RAISED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE, INSTEAD OF THE FLAP HANDLE. THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPS AND BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE INSTRUCTOR WAS COUNSELED BY RAYMOND E. SCOTT, AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR, OPERATIONS, AT AEA-FSDO-21.

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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