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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech D95A · Iraan, TX · July 2, 1998

Date
July 2, 1998 · 10:20 local
Place
Iraan, TX
Airport
Iraan Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N182T
Reported as
Beech D95A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
333 total215 in this make and model15 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.

Pilot accidentally placed the landing gear handle in the "up" position when reaching for the wing flap selector lever during landing roll out. The nose gear and right main gear collapsed, and the aircraft swerved off of the runway to the right and skidded to a stop.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ACCIDENTALLY PLACED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE IN THE "UP" POSITION WHEN REACHING FOR THE WING FLAP SELECTOR LEVER DURING LANDING ROLL OUT. THE NOSE GEAR AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED OFF OF THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT AND SKIDDED TO A STOP.