20141210023319I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech S35 · Decatur, TX · December 10, 2014

Date
December 10, 2014 · 13:42 local
Place
Decatur, TX
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7922K
Reported as
Beech S35
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
20,000 total400 in this make and model3 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.

While slowing aircraft to turn off runway the pilot mistakenly selected the landing gear handle to the "up" position when he intended to retract the flaps. No special guard or safety on landing gear handle. The gear handle has a round knob and the flap handle has a square knob.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE SLOWING AIRCRAFT TO TURN OFF RUNWAY THE PILOT MISTAKENLY SELECTED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE TO THE "UP" POSITION WHEN HE INTENDED TO RETRACT THE FLAPS. NO SPECIAL GUARD OR SAFETY ON LANDING GEAR HANDLE. THE GEAR HANDLE HAS A ROUND KNOB AND THE FLAP HANDLE HAS A SQUARE KNOB.