# Incident 20000415001959I: Beech E55, Gainesville, GA, April 15, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2000, 18:05 local time
- Place: Gainesville, GA
- Airport: Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2726° N, 83.8302° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEE GILMER MEML (GVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2726&lon=-83.8302&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9444Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E55
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 420 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000415001959I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING INITIAL INTERVIEW WITH PILOT DAN ROCCO, HE STATED THAT ON TOUCH DOWN, DURING HIS THIRD TOUCH AND GO LANDING AT THE LEE GILMER AIRPORT IN GAINSVILLE, GA, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  DURING THE SECOND INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT ON THE FOLLOWING DATE, (04/16/00) THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WANTED TO CHANGE HIS STATEMENT.  HE SATED THAT DURING HIS THIRD TOUCH AND GO LANDING, HE INADVERTENTLY RAISED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WHEN HE MEANT TO RAISE THE FLAP HANDLE.  THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED TO THE RUNWAY DOING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BELLY.  THE PROPELLERS STRUCK THE PAVEMENT AND THE ENGINES SUSTAINED SUDDEN STOPPAGE.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT.  REEXAMINATION OF PILOT'S SKILLS UNDER TITLE 48 OF US TRANSPORTATION CODE SECTION 44709 IS RECOMMENDED.

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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