# Incident 20141023021779I: Beech E-55, Venice, FL, October 23, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2014, 22:55 local time
- Place: Venice, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.1170° N, 82.4152° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Venice, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.1170&lon=-82.4152&mi=10
- Aircraft: N136S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N136S-2018-02-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E-55 (registry code 1152732, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E-55
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,294 total, 124 in this make and model, 91 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141023021779I

## Narrative

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

AFTER LANDING PILOT INADVERTANTELY RAISED GEAR LEVER BELIEVING HE WAS RAISING THE FLAPS.   GEAR BEGAN CYCLING UP AND NOSEWHEEL COLLAPSED RESULTING IN PROPS AND BOTTOM OF FUSELAGE CONTACTING RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N136S (1)

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

- [Incident 19890405006169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890405006169I), Apr 5, 1989: Beech E55 (N136S), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. Raised gear instead of flaps after landing. Veered off runway. Left gear collapsed. Hit taxi light.

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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