# Incident 19980218009859I: Beech 58P, Wichita, KS, February 18, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1998, 10:00 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Beech Factory Airport
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6939° N, 97.2149° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BEECH FACTORY (BEC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6939&lon=-97.2149&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2059P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2059P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58PA (registry code 1152703, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58pa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58P
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,840 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980218009859I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING POWER-OFF STALL CHECKS, I SET THE FLAP HANDLE TO APPR AND THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED LEFT. I LOOKED OUTSIDE AND SAW THE RIGHT FLAP WAS FULL DOWN AND THE LEFT FLAP WAS AT THE APPROACH POSITION. THE FLAP MOTOR CB POPPED AND THERE WAS NO SMOKE NOR SMELL. I RESET THE CB AND MANAGED TO RETRACT THE FLAPS PARTIALLY. THE LEFT FLAP CAME FULL UP AND THE RIGHT FLAP STOPPED AT THE APPROACH POSITION. I THEN PULLED THE FLAP MOTOR CB, PERFORMED A STALL TO ASSESS CONTROLLABILITY AND RETURNED TO BEC. NO DIFFICULTIES DURING LANDING WERE ENCOUNTERED. NOTE: I CYCLED THE FLAPS UP-APPR-DOWN-UP BEFORE THE FLIGHT.

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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