What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On 03/17/2014, at approximately 1005 MST, N53503, a Grumman TBM-3E landed on runway 1 at the Glendale Municipal Airport (geu) in Glendale, AZ. As the aircraft was about to exit the runway at taxiway A6, the pilot reached down for the flap handle to raise the flaps, but inadvertently raised the landing gear handle instead. The landing gear retracted resulting in damage to the left wing spar, left wing upper and lower skin, propeller, engine cowling, fuselage skin aft of cowling, and left and right bomb bay doors. There were no injuries to the 4 persons onboard. VMC conditions existed at the time. This report concludes the cause of the accident was due to pilot error.
As the FAA filed it
ON 03/17/2014, AT APPROXIMATELY 1005 MST, N53503, A GRUMMAN TBM-3E LANDED ON RUNWAY 1 AT THE GLENDALE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (GEU) IN GLENDALE, AZ. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABOUT TO EXIT THE RUNWAY AT TAXIWAY A6, THE PILOT REACHED DOWN FOR THE FLAP HANDLE TO RAISE THE FLAPS, BUT INADVERTENTLY RAISED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE INSTEAD. THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING SPAR, LEFT WING UPPER AND LOWER SKIN, PROPELLER, ENGINE COWLING, FUSELAGE SKIN AFT OF COWLING, AND LEFT AND RIGHT BOMB BAY DOORS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE 4 PERSONS ONBOARD. VMC CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME. THIS REPORT CONCLUDES THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT WAS DUE TO PILOT ERROR.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.