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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 65-B80 · Marshall, MN · August 31, 2001

Date
August 31, 2001 · 07:30 local
Place
Marshall, MN
Airport
Marshall Municipal-Ryan Field Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
BEMA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N131BA
Reported as
Beech 65B80
Reported engine
Lycoming IO720A1B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,144 total3,120 in this make and model75 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) 08/31/2001 On landing roll out at Marshall, MN, pilot reached for the wing flap control to raise them. He assumes that he moved the landing gear handle instead. The main landing gear legs collapsed. The aircraft stopped on the runway. No ELT went off. No fire. No injuries. Pilot states that he was being brisk because there was another aircraft behind anxious to land.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) 08/31/2001 ON LANDING ROLL OUT AT MARSHALL, MN, PILOT REACHED FOR THE WING FLAP CONTROL TO RAISE THEM. HE ASSUMES THAT HE MOVED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE INSTEAD. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR LEGS COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY. NO ELT WENT OFF. NO FIRE. NO INJURIES. PILOT STATES THAT HE WAS BEING BRISK BECAUSE THERE WAS ANOTHER AIRCRAFT BEHIND ANXIOUS TO LAND.