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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 58 · San Antonio, TX · November 24, 1997

Date: November 24, 1997
Place: San Antonio, TX
Airport: San Antonio International
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N57HB
Reported as: Beech 58
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,000 total400 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

N57HBRegistration cancelled Aug 5, 2014 · Beech 58S/N TH-414 · Built 1973 Airframe modelBeech 58 Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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: during landing roll-out after landing at sat, while aircraft was decelerating, pilot heard a scraping noise emanating from the underside of the aircraft and felt the aircraft touch the runway 12R. Upon further examination, it appeared that the pilot had mistakenly placed the landing gear selector to the up position when trying to retract the flaps. The aircraft sustained minor damage and was flown to home base with the landing gear in the down position. There was no fire and no injuries to the lone occupant. This incident is considered closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: DURING LANDING ROLL-OUT AFTER LANDING AT SAT, WHILE AIRCRAFT WAS DECELERATING, PILOT HEARD A SCRAPING NOISE EMANATING FROM THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND FELT THE AIRCRAFT TOUCH THE RUNWAY 12R. UPON FURTHER EXAMINATION, IT APPEARED THAT THE PILOT HAD MISTAKENLY PLACED THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR TO THE UP POSITION WHEN TRYING TO RETRACT THE FLAPS. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND WAS FLOWN TO HOME BASE WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION. THERE WAS NO FIRE AND NO INJURIES TO THE LONE OCCUPANT. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.