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) During landing rollout with the intentions of accomplishing a stop and go, the flying pilot in the left seat, (instructor in right seat), inadvertently retracted the landing gear instead of the flaps. The a/c settled onto the runway with the landing gear partially retracted and damage was sustained to the props and gear doors. The pilot was receiving remedial training due to receiving a notice of disapproval the day before on his MEL commercial add on. The instructor pilot stated that he had previously briefed the trainee on confirming the flap handle prior to retraction, however on this particular touch and go, the pilot just reached around the instructors hand and retracted the gear in one swift motiion.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) DURING LANDING ROLLOUT WITH THE INTENTIONS OF ACCOMPLISHING A STOP AND GO, THE FLYING PILOT IN THE LEFT SEAT, (INSTRUCTOR IN RIGHT SEAT), INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR INSTEAD OF THE FLAPS. THE A/C SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY WITH THE LANDING GEAR PARTIALLY RETRACTED AND DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE PROPS AND GEAR DOORS. THE PILOT WAS RECEIVING REMEDIAL TRAINING DUE TO RECEIVING A NOTICE OF DISAPPROVAL THE DAY BEFORE ON HIS MEL COMMERCIAL ADD ON. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD PREVIOUSLY BRIEFED THE TRAINEE ON CONFIRMING THE FLAP HANDLE PRIOR TO RETRACTION, HOWEVER ON THIS PARTICULAR TOUCH AND GO, THE PILOT JUST REACHED AROUND THE INSTRUCTORS HAND AND RETRACTED THE GEAR IN ONE SWIFT MOTIION.
Other reports on N2012C · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.