20070519825709I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech F35 · Greenville, MI · May 19, 2007

Date: May 19, 2007 · 11:30 local
Place: Greenville, MI
Airport: Greenville Municipal
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5027B
Reported as: Beech F35
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 879 total783 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days

N5027BRegistered now · Beech F35S/N D-4292 Airframe modelBeech F35 Engine modelContinental E225 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) Pilot stated that he normally retracted the flaps as soon as possible after touchdown to minimize stone chip damage to flaps. On this landing pilot was distracted and looking for traffic in the pattern and moved the gear switch up not the flap switch (both switches are same shape and near each other on the same row of switches on the bottom of the instrument panel).

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE NORMALLY RETRACTED THE FLAPS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER TOUCHDOWN TO MINIMIZE STONE CHIP DAMAGE TO FLAPS. ON THIS LANDING PILOT WAS DISTRACTED AND LOOKING FOR TRAFFIC IN THE PATTERN AND MOVED THE GEAR SWITCH UP NOT THE FLAP SWITCH (BOTH SWITCHES ARE SAME SHAPE AND NEAR EACH OTHER ON THE SAME ROW OF SWITCHES ON THE BOTTOM OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL).