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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A35 · Nebraska City, NE · April 1, 2004

Date
April 1, 2004 · 12:45 local
Place
Nebraska City, NE
Airport
Nebraska City Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8446A
Reported as
Beech A35
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
300 total

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) After landing on runway 33 at the Nebraska City Municipal Airport, the pilot accidentally retracted the landing gear. The pilot thought he was raising the flaps and mistook the gear handle for the flap handle.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 33 AT THE NEBRASKA CITY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, THE PILOT ACCIDENTALLY RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT THOUGHT HE WAS RAISING THE FLAPS AND MISTOOK THE GEAR HANDLE FOR THE FLAP HANDLE.