20020812021769I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Orlando, FL · August 12, 2002

Date
August 12, 2002 · 12:33 local
Place
Orlando, FL
Airport
Orlando Executive Airport
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N63883
Reported as
Piper PA23250
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,100 total500 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On takeoff after a touch and go landing, the pilot raised the gear handle instead of the flaps, resulting in the retraction of the nose gear only with minor damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON TAKEOFF AFTER A TOUCH AND GO LANDING, THE PILOT RAISED THE GEAR HANDLE INSTEAD OF THE FLAPS, RESULTING IN THE RETRACTION OF THE NOSE GEAR ONLY WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

Other reports on N63883 · 1

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