# Accident 20140317002759A: Grumman TBM-3E, Glendale, AZ, March 17, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 2014, 10:05 local time
- Place: Glendale, AZ
- Airport: Glendale Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5275° N, 112.2950° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5275&lon=-112.2950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53503, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53503) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman TBM-3E (registry code 3950310, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-tbm-3e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright R-2600 series (registry code 67050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-r-2600-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN TBM-3E
- Reported engine: WRIGHT R-2600 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,077 total, 248 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14CA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA143) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140317002759A

## Narrative

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

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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR14CA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA143), Mar 17, 2014: Grumman TMB-3E (N53503), Glendale, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot inadvertently raised the landing gear lever rather than the adjacent flap level while exiting the runway which resulted in the retraction of the left main landing gear.

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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