20140111000339I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bellanca 17-30 · Oakland, CA · January 11, 2014

Date
January 11, 2014 · 12:45 local
Place
Oakland, CA
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6665V
Reported as
Bellanca 17-30
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,844 total588 in this make and model18 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.

Pilot in command (PIC) went through the landing check list prior to landing and extended the gear. The gear extended and all three landing gear lights were green indicating the gear was properly extended and locked. During roll out from Oakland runway RW15 onto the taxiway, both main gears retracted resulting in the aircraft collapsing onto the main gear doors leaving the nose wheel fully extened. The PIC during taxing from the runway caught the cuff of his sweater on the fuel selector knob while reaching for the flap handle. PIC inadvertently while reaching to raise the flaps pulled the gear lever back to the neutral position by mistake instead of retracking the flaps. When the aircraft came to rest the pilot after exiting the aircraft saw that the flaps were still in the extended position.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) WENT THROUGH THE LANDING CHECK LIST PRIOR TO LANDING AND EXTENDED THE GEAR. THE GEAR EXTENDED AND ALL THREE LANDING GEAR LIGHTS WERE GREEN INDICATING THE GEAR WAS PROPERLY EXTENDED AND LOCKED. DURING ROLL OUT FROM OAKLAND RUNWAY RW15 ONTO THE TAXIWAY, BOTH MAIN GEARS RETRACTED RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT COLLAPSING ONTO THE MAIN GEAR DOORS LEAVING THE NOSE WHEEL FULLY EXTENED. THE PIC DURING TAXING FROM THE RUNWAY CAUGHT THE CUFF OF HIS SWEATER ON THE FUEL SELECTOR KNOB WHILE REACHING FOR THE FLAP HANDLE. PIC INADVERTENTLY WHILE REACHING TO RAISE THE FLAPS PULLED THE GEAR LEVER BACK TO THE NEUTRAL POSITION BY MISTAKE INSTEAD OF RETRACKING THE FLAPS. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST THE PILOT AFTER EXITING THE AIRCRAFT SAW THAT THE FLAPS WERE STILL IN THE EXTENDED POSITION.

Other reports on N6665V · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.