20080128010479I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech C-50 · Chicago/Aurora, IL · January 28, 2008

Date: January 28, 2008 · 10:12 local
Place: Chicago/Aurora, IL
Airport: Aurora Municipal
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N234H
Reported as: Beech C50
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,010 total683 in this make and model19 in the last 90 days

N234HRegistered now · Beech C-50S/N CH-133 · Built 1954 Airframe modelBeech C-50 Engine modelLycoming GO-480 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) The pilot privacy data omitted was the pilot in command of aircraft N234H while practicing takeoff and landings at Aurora airport, sugar grove, Illinois. The weather was visual meteorological conditions (VMC) and he was using runway 15. On his second landing he touched down without incident, however, during the roll out, he intended to raise the flap lever, but instead he raised the landing gear lever and the landing gear retracted. This resulted in minor damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF AIRCRAFT N234H WHILE PRACTICING TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS AT AURORA AIRPORT, SUGAR GROVE, ILLINOIS. THE WEATHER WAS VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) AND HE WAS USING RUNWAY 15. ON HIS SECOND LANDING HE TOUCHED DOWN WITHOUT INCIDENT, HOWEVER, DURING THE ROLL OUT, HE INTENDED TO RAISE THE FLAP LEVER, BUT INSTEAD HE RAISED THE LANDING GEAR LEVER AND THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THIS RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.