20051113030989I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech F33A · Valparaiso, IN · November 13, 2005

Date: November 13, 2005 · 11:45 local
Place: Valparaiso, IN
Airport: Porter County Municipal
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3108L
Reported as: Beech F33A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,100 total137 in this make and model88 in the last 90 days

N3108LRegistered now · Beech F33AS/N CE-1248 · Built 1988 Airframe modelBeech F33A Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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, the flight instructor directed the student to continue with a takeoff (touch and go), which had not been planned beforehand. As they commenced to accelerate, the instructor inadvertently selected the landing gear switch to the "up" position, although he had meant to retract the wing flaps. The nose gear and right main landing gear retracted, causing the aircraft to swerve off the runway to the righthand side.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER LANDING, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR DIRECTED THE STUDENT TO CONTINUE WITH A TAKEOFF (TOUCH AND GO), WHICH HAD NOT BEEN PLANNED BEFOREHAND. AS THEY COMMENCED TO ACCELERATE, THE INSTRUCTOR INADVERTENTLY SELECTED THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH TO THE "UP" POSITION, ALTHOUGH HE HAD MEANT TO RETRACT THE WING FLAPS. THE NOSE GEAR AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR RETRACTED, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SWERVE OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHTHAND SIDE.