20090131001069I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech F33A · Merced, CA · January 31, 2009

Date
January 31, 2009 · 13:25 local
Place
Merced, CA
Airport
Merced Municipal/Macready Field
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N38071
Reported as
Beech F33A
Reported engine
Continental IO550B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
270 total200 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

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 in command mistakenly retracted the landing gear instead of the flaps on landing rollout. The result was minor damage to the left wing tip and engine and propeller. Good attitude and counseling was given.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT IN COMMAND MISTAKENLY RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR INSTEAD OF THE FLAPS ON LANDING ROLLOUT. THE RESULT WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP AND ENGINE AND PROPELLER. GOOD ATTITUDE AND COUNSELING WAS GIVEN.