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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A36 · Alexandria, MN · December 21, 2005

Date: December 21, 2005 · 15:00 local
Place: Alexandria, MN
Airport: Chandler Field
Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4524S
Reported as: Beech A36
Reported engine: Continental IO520BA
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,520 total2,000 in this make and model21 in the last 90 days

N4524SRegistered now · Beech A36S/N E-727 · Built 1975 Airframe modelBeech A36 Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot was performing touch and goes, upon touch down take-off power was applied. Pilot reached to select flaps up and selected gear up instead. Aircraft settled as gear retracted, pilot rotated aircraft and completed take-off. Several more uneventful touch and goes were executed. Upon returning to airport it was discovered that the propeller and main landing gear doors had contacted the runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GOES, UPON TOUCH DOWN TAKE-OFF POWER WAS APPLIED. PILOT REACHED TO SELECT FLAPS UP AND SELECTED GEAR UP INSTEAD. AIRCRAFT SETTLED AS GEAR RETRACTED, PILOT ROTATED AIRCRAFT AND COMPLETED TAKE-OFF. SEVERAL MORE UNEVENTFUL TOUCH AND GOES WERE EXECUTED. UPON RETURNING TO AIRPORT IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE PROPELLER AND MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS HAD CONTACTED THE RUNWAY.