# Incident 20130416007129I: Bellanca 17-30, Shafter, CA, April 16, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2013, 18:20 local time
- Place: Shafter, CA
- Airport: Shafter-Minter Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5075° N, 119.1921° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHAFTER-MINTER FLD (MIT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5075&lon=-119.1921&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4911V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4911V-2018-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30 (registry code 1220432, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 17-30
- 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: 9,000 total, 5 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130416007129I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 16, 2013, AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 PST A BELLANCA 300, N4911V ENCOUNTERED A GEAR UP TAKEOFF AT THE SHAFTER-MINDEN AIRPORT ( KMIT). AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THE AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO MANEUVERS. AFTER THE FIFTH LANDING, THE STUDENT PILOT INADVERTENTLY PLACED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE IN THE UP POSITION WHILE STILL ON THE SURFACE AS THE PLANE WAS ACCELERATING FOR THE NEXT TAKEOFF. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR  NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS ACTING STRANGELY. AS A PRECAUTION THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR RETARDED THE THROTTLE AND THEN NOTICED THAT THE GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE UP POSITION.  THE LANDING GEAR FOLDED AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP ON THE LEFT SHOULDER OF THE RUNWAY.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED.

NOTE:  THIS AIRCRAFT IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A SQUAT SWITCH ON THE LANDING GEAR  TO PREVENT INADVERTENT GEAR RETRACTION WITH WEIGHT ON THE WHEELS.

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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