# Incident 20111024025739I: Beech 58, Richmond, VA, October 24, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2011, 15:35 local time
- Place: Richmond, VA
- Airport: Richmond International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5052° N, 77.3197° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RICHMOND INTL (RIC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5052&lon=-77.3197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18497 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,607 total, 98 in this make and model, 103 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111024025739I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO STOP QUICKLY TO MEET AN ATC REQUEST.  TO TRY AND GAIN MAXIMUM EFFECTIVENESS OF THE BRAKES, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RAISE THE FLAPS TO DUMP LIFT.  THERE ARE APPARENTLY SEVERAL FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO PILOT CONFUSION IN THIS AIRCRAFT INCLUDING CHANGES IN BE58 DESIGN (WHERE GEAR FLAP HANDLE LOCATIONS WERE SWAPPED), SIMILARITY IN HANDLE COLOR AND SIZE, AND THAT THE TWO HANDLES ARE IN MIRROR LOCATIONS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE THROTTLE ENGINE CONTROLS.  THESE ISSUES, PRIMARILY THE SWAP OF LOCATION DEPENDING ON YEAR - AS STATED BY THE PILOT, CAUSED HIS CONFUSION IN HIS HURRIED ATTEMPT TO RETRACT THE FLAPS.  INSTEAD, THE GEAR WAS ACCIDENTALLY COMMANDED TO BE RAISED APPARENTLY JUST AFTER TOUCHDOWN, AND BEFORE THERE WAS ENOUGH WEIGHT ON THE WHEELS TO DEACTIVATE THE SYSTEM.

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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