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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech T-34B · Batavia, OH · September 1, 2001

Date: September 1, 2001 · 12:45 local
Place: Batavia, OH
Airport: Clermont County Airport
Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N234WP
Reported as: Beech T34B
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,087 total12 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

N234WPRegistered now · Beech T-34BS/N BG-329 · Built 1957 Airframe modelBeech T-34B Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On 09-01-01 the pilot departed wright patterson air force base with intent to perform a touch and go landing at Clermont County Airport. After an uneventful landing the pilot reached to position the flaps to the up position and inadvertently raised the landing gear handle instead. The nose and left main landing gear collapsed fully and the right main landing gear partially collapsed to approximately three quarters retracted.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 09-01-01 THE PILOT DEPARTED WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE WITH INTENT TO PERFORM A TOUCH AND GO LANDING AT CLERMONT COUNTY AIRPORT. AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING THE PILOT REACHED TO POSITION THE FLAPS TO THE UP POSITION AND INADVERTENTLY RAISED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE INSTEAD. THE NOSE AND LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED FULLY AND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR PARTIALLY COLLAPSED TO APPROXIMATELY THREE QUARTERS RETRACTED.