# Incident 20080118000589I: Beech 35B33, Yuma, AZ, January 18, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2008, 12:00 local time
- Place: Yuma, AZ
- Airport: Yuma Mcas/Yuma International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6559° N, 114.6064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at YUMA MCAS/YUMA INTL (NYL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6559&lon=-114.6064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N728JG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N728JG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-B33 (registry code 1151406, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-b33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35B33
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 190 total, 90 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080118000589I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING TOUCH AND GO LANDING, PILOT INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR INSTEAD OF THE FLAPS ON TAKEOFF. HE STATED THAT THE GEAR AND FLAP HANDLES ARE ONLY ABOUT FOUR INCHES APART, AND HE DID NOT LOOK BEFORE RETRACTING WHAT HE THOUGHT WERE THE FLAPS. THE AIRCRAFT IS BEING MOVED TO CHANDLER FOR AN ENGINE TEARDOWN, SINCE IT SUFFERED A PROP STRIKE. WHILE AT CHANDLER, HE WILL MODIFY THE GEAR HANDLE LOCATION. THE PILOT SUFFERED NO INJURIES, AND WAS COUNSELED BY THIS INSPECTOR. NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED.

## Other reports on N728JG (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20070308008069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070308008069I), Mar 8, 2007: Beech 35B33 (N728JG), Salton Sea, CA, No damage. (-23) Pilot made emergency landing after losing power. After landing it was discovered the fuel selector valve was midway between tanks causing fuel to be…

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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