20030430031819I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A36 · Livermore, CA · April 30, 2003

Date
April 30, 2003 · 11:10 local
Place
Livermore, CA
Airport
Livermore Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N661K
Reported as
Beech A36
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,993 total1,435 in this make and model28 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) Aircraft was performing touch and goes. Upon lift off the pilot hit the gear lever when he intended to raise the flaps. Aircraft settled and struck prop on runway, incurred damage to landing gear linkage and damage to gear doors.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GOES. UPON LIFT OFF THE PILOT HIT THE GEAR LEVER WHEN HE INTENDED TO RAISE THE FLAPS. AIRCRAFT SETTLED AND STRUCK PROP ON RUNWAY, INCURRED DAMAGE TO LANDING GEAR LINKAGE AND DAMAGE TO GEAR DOORS.