What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) On March 20, 2009 privacy data omitted was conducting a personal flight in N451S at his home airport of Mississippi County Airport (kchq). Upon making his final landing and taxiing to the end of the runway to secure the airplane,privacy data omitted stated he inadvertently pulled the landing gear handle instead of the flap selector lever to retract the flaps. Upon moving the landing gear handle the nose gear collapsed. I observed damage to the underside cowling of the aircraft to include the skin surface area of the underside of the aircraft, damage to the propeller indicating a low power setting when it struck the surface, and surface scratched on the nosewheel landing gear components.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON MARCH 20, 2009 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS CONDUCTING A PERSONAL FLIGHT IN N451S AT HIS HOME AIRPORT OF MISSISSIPPI COUNTY AIRPORT (KCHQ). UPON MAKING HIS FINAL LANDING AND TAXIING TO THE END OF THE RUNWAY TO SECURE THE AIRPLANE,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE INADVERTENTLY PULLED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE INSTEAD OF THE FLAP SELECTOR LEVER TO RETRACT THE FLAPS. UPON MOVING THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. I OBSERVED DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE COWLING OF THE AIRCRAFT TO INCLUDE THE SKIN SURFACE AREA OF THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT, DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER INDICATING A LOW POWER SETTING WHEN IT STRUCK THE SURFACE, AND SURFACE SCRATCHED ON THE NOSEWHEEL LANDING GEAR COMPONENTS.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.