# Incident 20130520008319I: Beech V35, Aspen, CO, May 20, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2013, 19:18 local time
- Place: Aspen, CO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1952° N, 106.8368° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aspen, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1952&lon=-106.8368&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27550, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N27550) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35 (registry code 1151538, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,258 total, 1,258 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130520008319I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 20, 2013 AT APPROXIMATELY 19:18 MDT AIRCRAFT N27550, A BEECH BONANZA V35 AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AFTER LANDING AT ASPEN AIRPORT (KASE) COLORADO. THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD WAS UNINJURED. WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS,(VMC)

(KASE)

THE PILOT STATED HE MISTOOK THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH FOR THE FLAP SWITCH AND INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR ON LANDING ROLLOUT.

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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