# Incident 20020406008519I: Beech A36, Lexington, NE, April 6, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2002, 17:15 local time
- Place: Lexington, NE
- Airport: Jim Kelly Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7904° N, 99.7759° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JIM KELLY FLD (LXN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7904&lon=-99.7759&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4189S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4189S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 400 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020406008519I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) THE PILOT REACHED TO RETRACT THE FLAPS WITHOUT IDENTIFYING AND VERIFYING THE PROPER CONTROLS.

## Other reports on N4189S (1)

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

- [Incident 19900625035749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900625035749I), Jun 25, 1990: Beech A36 (N4189S), Lexington, NE, Minor damage. Gear up landing. Pilot stated he put the flaps down and thought he put the gear down. No mechanical problems found.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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