# Incident 20110522009419I: Beech A36, Del Rio, TX, May 22, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2011, 16:30 local time
- Place: Del Rio, TX
- Airport: Del Rio
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3742° N, 100.9272° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEL RIO INTL (DRT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3742&lon=-100.9272&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2830A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2830A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110522009419I

## Narrative

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

MAY  22, 2011, UPON LANDING AND DURING HIS ROLLOUT, THE PILOT INADVERTENTLY HIT THE GEAR SWITCH INSTEAD OF THE FLAP SWITCH. THE GEAR CAME OUT FROM UNDER THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING THE PROP TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY. MAY 31, 2011, I RECEIVED THE STATEMENT FROM THE PILOT ADMITTING HE MISTOOK THE GEAR SWITCH FOR THE FLAP SWITCH.MAY 31, 2011, I CONTACTED A BEECH REPRESENTATIVE ABOUT THE POSSIBLE MALFUNCTION OF THE SQUAT SWITCH. HE SAID THE SWITCH SHOULD HAVE WORKED AND PREVENTED THE GEAR FROM GOING UP WHILE THE AIRCRAFT IS ON THE GROUND.

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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