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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech C24R · Sterling Rockfa, IL · October 13, 2006

Date: October 13, 2006 · 12:35 local
Place: Sterling Rockfa, IL
Airport: Whiteside Co Airport-Jos H Bitto
Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N397RC
Reported as: Beech C24R
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 285 total95 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N397RCRegistered now · Beech C24RS/N MC-631 · Built 1978 Airframe modelBeech C24R Engine modelLycoming I0360 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 completing a simulated instrument approach the pilot and instructor were executing a touch and go. When the pilot configured the aircraft for take-off he inadvertently selected gear up. The CFI who was giving instrument instruction attempted to stop the action by the pilot but was unable to reach the gear handle in time. The nose gear then retracted while the aircraft was still on the runway and the nose of the aircraft contacted the runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER COMPLETING A SIMULATED INSTRUMENT APPROACH THE PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR WERE EXECUTING A TOUCH AND GO. WHEN THE PILOT CONFIGURED THE AIRCRAFT FOR TAKE-OFF HE INADVERTENTLY SELECTED GEAR UP. THE CFI WHO WAS GIVING INSTRUMENT INSTRUCTION ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE ACTION BY THE PILOT BUT WAS UNABLE TO REACH THE GEAR HANDLE IN TIME. THE NOSE GEAR THEN RETRACTED WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL ON THE RUNWAY AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY.