# Incident 20040514008899I: Beech M35, Anchorage, AK, May 14, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2004, 17:07 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9844R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9844R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech M35 (registry code 1151526, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-m35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH M35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040514008899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER ANNUAL INSPECTION, MR. SARDEGNA TEST HOPPED HIS AIRCRAFT FROM MERRILL FIELD. AFTER LANDING, HE REACHED TO RETRACT THE FLAPS BUT INADVERTENTLY HIT THE GEAR UP LEVER CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR AND RIGHT GEAR TO RETRACT. A&P ^PRIVACY D^ WAS PRESENT AT THE SCENE AND NOTED DAMAGE TO THE PROP, NOSE GEAR AND NOSE GEAR DOORS ONLY.

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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