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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A36 · San Jose, CA · May 9, 2014

Date
May 9, 2014 · 20:15 local
Place
San Jose, CA
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7346R
Reported as
Beech A36
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total950 in this make and model7 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.

The pilot stated in a written statement to the iic that after landing on runway 30L he was taxiing towards the taxiway and began to "clean up" the plane (cowl flaps, flaps, etc.), he mistakenly moved the landing gear handle to gear up position and immediately knew the problem and reversed the landing gear handle. The aircraft was traveling about 5 knots the left main landing gear partially retracted onto the landing gear door the nose landing gear fully retracted on the nose landing gear door, but the the right main landing gear remained extended. There was metal damage to the nose landing gear door assembly and propeller.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT STATED IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT TO THE IIC THAT AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 30L HE WAS TAXIING TOWARDS THE TAXIWAY AND BEGAN TO "CLEAN UP" THE PLANE (COWL FLAPS, FLAPS, ETC.), HE MISTAKENLY MOVED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE TO GEAR UP POSITION AND IMMEDIATELY KNEW THE PROBLEM AND REVERSED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 5 KNOTS THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR PARTIALLY RETRACTED ONTO THE LANDING GEAR DOOR THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FULLY RETRACTED ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR, BUT THE THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR REMAINED EXTENDED. THERE WAS METAL DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR ASSEMBLY AND PROPELLER.

Other reports on N7346R · 1

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