30.0708° N, 83.5815° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at PERRY-FOLEY (FPY), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
July 23, 2000 · 12:15 local
Place
Perry, FL
Airport
Perry-Foley Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1020W
Reported as
Beech V35B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,560 total520 in this make and model35 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) The pilot stated he was distracted by nearby lightning upon landing and accidentally reached the gear handle instead of the flap handle, retracting the landing gear.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE PILOT STATED HE WAS DISTRACTED BY NEARBY LIGHTNING UPON LANDING AND ACCIDENTALLY REACHED THE GEAR HANDLE INSTEAD OF THE FLAP HANDLE, RETRACTING THE LANDING GEAR.