# Incident 20150429005549I: Beech A36, Wharton, TX, April 29, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2015, 17:35 local time
- Place: Wharton, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3176° N, 96.1023° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wharton, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3176&lon=-96.1023&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4815M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4815M-2022-11-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150429005549I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WHO WAS^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON A LOCAL FLIGHT OF APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES UNDER VFR CONDITIONS WITH A FELLOW PILOT AS A PASSENGER. WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 35 AT WHARTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT DURING THE ROLLOUT, THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE SOMEHOW WAS MOVED TO THE UP POSITION AND THE LANDING GEAR FOLDED UP AS THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER RAISED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE, THE PASSENGER STATED HE DID NOT KNOW HOW IT GOT MOVED.

DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT IS INDICATIVE A SLOW SPEED SKID ALONG ASPHALT.  THE PROPELLER TIPS WERE BENT REARWARD INDICATING THAT THE ENGINE WAS IN A LOW POWER SETTING. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COVERS WERE SCRAPED NEAR THE REAR PORTIONS.  THE MAIN LANDING GEAR COVERS ATTACHED TO THE LANDING GEAR SHOWED SMALL SIGNS OF ASPHALT SCRAPPING. THE MAIN GEAR INNER COVERS SHOWED SIGNS OF ASPHALT SCRAPES ON THE OUTSIDE AND RUBBER MARKS ON THE INSIDE. THE LEFT COVER WAS BENT IN A REARWARD DIRECTION NEAR THE HINGE POINT. THE FLAPS WERE BENT NEAR THE CONTROL BAR AND WRINKLED ON BOTH THE TOP AND BOTTOM NEAR THE FUSELAGE. THE BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE WAS SCRAPED ALONG MOST AREA BELOW THE WING AND REARWARD TO ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE WAY TO THE EMPENNAGE. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT INTERIOR SHOWED THAT THE DOUBLE YOKE CONFIGURATION. THIS VISUALLY CONCEALED THE LANDING EAR HANDLE AND THE FLAP HAND FROM BOTH FRONT SEAT OCCUPANTS. AS A NOTE, THIS AIRCRAFT HAS THE FLAP HANDLE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE THROTTLE QUADRANT AND THE GEAR HANDLE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE THROTTLE QUADRANT. THIS IS OPPOSITE OF MOST MODERN AIRCRAFT.

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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