20031029028319I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech D55 · Palo Alto, CA · October 29, 2003

Date
October 29, 2003 · 14:40 local
Place
Palo Alto, CA
Airport
Palo Alto Airport-Santa Clara Cou
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7725R
Reported as
Beech D55
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,750 total250 in this make and model120 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) This incident occurred as the pilot was landing on runway 31 at Palo Alto, CA. The pilot mistakenly retracted the aircraft's landing gear during the landing flare. The aircraft's right main gear retracted, and the aircraft settled on it's right wing, sliding to a stop, on the right side of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED AS THE PILOT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 31 AT PALO ALTO, CA. THE PILOT MISTAKENLY RETRACTED THE AIRCRAFT'S LANDING GEAR DURING THE LANDING FLARE. THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT MAIN GEAR RETRACTED, AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON IT'S RIGHT WING, SLIDING TO A STOP, ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

Other reports on N7725R · 1

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