# Incident 20061013028349I: Beech C24R, Sterling Rockfa, IL, October 13, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2006, 12:35 local time
- Place: Sterling Rockfa, IL
- Airport: Whiteside Co Airport-Jos H Bitto
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N397RC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N397RC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C24R (registry code 1151254, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C24R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 285 total, 95 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061013028349I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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