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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 76 · Beaver Falls, PA · March 6, 2002

Date
March 6, 2002 · 17:05 local
Place
Beaver Falls, PA
Airport
Beaver County Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6635K
Reported as
Beech 76
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,320 total20 in this make and model150 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) During a training flight in a multiengine aircraft on landing rollout the student-pilot inadvertently retracted the landing gear. The student-pilot intended and thought that he was retracting the flaps. The nose wheel retracted and the aircraft came to rest when the nose of the aircraft contacted the runway. There is minor damage to the aircraft and no injuries to the crew.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT IN A MULTIENGINE AIRCRAFT ON LANDING ROLLOUT THE STUDENT-PILOT INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR. THE STUDENT-PILOT INTENDED AND THOUGHT THAT HE WAS RETRACTING THE FLAPS. THE NOSE WHEEL RETRACTED AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST WHEN THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. THERE IS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE CREW.

Other reports on N6635K · 5

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.