# Incident 20020905024219I: Beech A36, Tifton, GA, September 5, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2002, 12:30 local time
- Place: Tifton, GA
- Airport: Henry Tift Myers Airport
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.4296° N, 83.4892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HENRY TIFT MYERS (TMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4296&lon=-83.4892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6135C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6135C) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,850 total, 35 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020905024219I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 33-ON ROLLOUT PASSENGER ATTEMPTED TO RAISE FLAPS FOR PILOT-PASSENGER GRABBED LANDING GEAR HANDLE INSTEAD, CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO RETRACT. PILOT DID NOT GIVE PASSENGER PERMISSION TO RAISE THE FLAPS ON LANDING-TRIED TO STOP PASSENGER ON ROLLOUT FROM RETRACTING LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N6135C (1)

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

- [Incident 20051108026969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051108026969I), Nov 8, 2005: Beech A36 (N6135C), Fairhope, AL, Minor damage. (-23) On landing rollout, pilot in command retracted landing gear instead of flaps.

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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