# Incident 20030919023059I: Beech 58, Rocky Mount, NC, September 19, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2003, 16:30 local time
- Place: Rocky Mount, NC
- Airport: Rocky Mount-Wilson
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FFKA
- Location: 35.8563° N, 77.8919° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROCKY MOUNT/WILSON RGNL (RWI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8563&lon=-77.8919&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7351R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7351R-2018-03-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 200 in this make and model, 220 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030919023059I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS POSITIONING THE AIRCRAFT FROM RALEIGH (RDU) TO ROCKY MOUNT (RWI) IN ORDER TO PICK UP CARGO FOR A FLIGHT UNDER PART 135 TO CONCORD, NC (JQF). THE FLIGHT WAS MADE ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN IN VFR CONDITIONS. THE PILOT MADE A NORMAL LANDING AT RWI AND, DURING THE LANDING ROLL, ACCIDENTALLY SELECTED THE GEAR SWITCH RATHER THAN THE FLAP SWITCH. THE PILOT MOVED THE GEAR SWITCH TO THE "UP" POSITION, REALIZED WHAT HE DID, AND IMMEDIATELY PUT THE SWITCH BACK IN THE "DOWN" POSITION. HOWEVER, THE LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEARS BEGAN TO RETRACT AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. DURING THE INTERVIEW THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DIDN'T REALIZE HOW FATIGUED HE WAS UNTIL AFTER THE ACCIDENT. HE STATED THAT, ALTHOUGH HE MET THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR REST UNDER 14 CFR PART 135, HE DID NOT RECEIVE ADEQUATE SLEEP THE NIGHT BEFORE DUE TO HURRICANE AND HAD BEEN ON DUTY SINCE 0630 LOCAL THAT MORNING.

## Other reports on N7351R (1)

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

- [Incident 20061205027169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061205027169I), Dec 5, 2006: Beech 58 (N7351R), Columbia, SC, Minor damage. (-23) On December 5, 2006 N7351R, a Beech 58 operated by ram air freight, landed at Columbia, SC at 08:07 EST. On landing roll-out the PIC applied the brakes…

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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