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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 95-B55 (T42A) · Mckinney, TX · March 1, 2013

Date
March 1, 2013 · 10:00 local
Place
Mckinney, TX
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5857K
Reported as
Beech 95-B55 (T42A)
Reported engine
Continental I0-470 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total52 in this make and model15 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.

After landing pilot was turning left to taxi when he actuated what he thought was the switch to retract the flaps but what he really actuated was the retract landing gear. The airplane collapsed causing minimum damage.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER LANDING PILOT WAS TURNING LEFT TO TAXI WHEN HE ACTUATED WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS THE SWITCH TO RETRACT THE FLAPS BUT WHAT HE REALLY ACTUATED WAS THE RETRACT LANDING GEAR. THE AIRPLANE COLLAPSED CAUSING MINIMUM DAMAGE.