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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech F33A · Tooele, UT · September 8, 2013

Date
September 8, 2013 · 13:00 local
Place
Tooele, UT
Airport
Tooele
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8106N
Reported as
Beech F33A
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
532 total270 in this make and model17 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.

Doing practice instrument approaches practicing with autopilot. Came in and did the landing. Attempted takeoff, reached for flaps but inadvertently grabbed the gear. Nose wheel retracted, and the mains started to retract. Pilot realized what was happening and put gear lever down but nose wheel had already retracted and was sliding down the runway.

As the FAA filed it

DOING PRACTICE INSTRUMENT APPROACHES PRACTICING WITH AUTOPILOT. CAME IN AND DID THE LANDING. ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF, REACHED FOR FLAPS BUT INADVERTENTLY GRABBED THE GEAR. NOSE WHEEL RETRACTED, AND THE MAINS STARTED TO RETRACT. PILOT REALIZED WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND PUT GEAR LEVER DOWN BUT NOSE WHEEL HAD ALREADY RETRACTED AND WAS SLIDING DOWN THE RUNWAY.