20000707033189I

Incident

FAA incident report · Gulstm 500S · Galena, ID · July 7, 2000

Date: July 7, 2000 · 13:30 local
Place: Galena, ID
Airport: Smiley Creek Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N9U
Reported as: Gulstm 500S
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 20,000 total500 in this make and model85 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)While the pilot was taxing the aircraft to parking, he raised the gear handle instead of retracting the flaps. Immediately the pilot realized what he'd done and lowered the gear. The right main gear was the only part of the gear that retracted. No damage to the aircraft occurred as the aircraft was moving slowly. A 709 re-exam is not necessary, as the pilot caught his erroer and a 709 ride would be ineffective.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)WHILE THE PILOT WAS TAXING THE AIRCRAFT TO PARKING, HE RAISED THE GEAR HANDLE INSTEAD OF RETRACTING THE FLAPS. IMMEDIATELY THE PILOT REALIZED WHAT HE'D DONE AND LOWERED THE GEAR. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS THE ONLY PART OF THE GEAR THAT RETRACTED. NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OCCURRED AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVING SLOWLY. A 709 RE-EXAM IS NOT NECESSARY, AS THE PILOT CAUGHT HIS ERROER AND A 709 RIDE WOULD BE INEFFECTIVE.