19991017033379I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech V35B · Big Rapids, MI · October 17, 1999

Date
October 17, 1999 · 18:35 local
Place
Big Rapids, MI
Airport
Roben-Hood Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N25BT
Reported as
Beech V35B
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,059 total836 in this make and model18 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.

(-23) Landing gear collapsed immediately after touchdown. Passenger in right front seat, stated that as the aircraft touched down, he moved in his seat and his knee struck the landing gear control and moved it up, he stated that he immediately pushed the handle back down with his hand.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED IMMEDIATELY AFTER TOUCHDOWN. PASSENGER IN RIGHT FRONT SEAT, STATED THAT AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, HE MOVED IN HIS SEAT AND HIS KNEE STRUCK THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL AND MOVED IT UP, HE STATED THAT HE IMMEDIATELY PUSHED THE HANDLE BACK DOWN WITH HIS HAND.