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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Dehavilland DH115 VAMPIRE · Pontiac, MI · September 26, 2015

Date
September 26, 2015 · 12:47 local
Place
Pontiac, MI
Airport
Oakland County International
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N115DH
Reported as
Dehavilland DH115 Vampire
Reported engine
Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,815 total22 in this make and model56 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.

Aircraft landed runway 27. Taxing back on "c" taxiway. During post landing cockpit cleanup procedures, pilot inadvertently selected the gear handle to the "up"position instead of selecting and retracting the flaps. Gear retracted on taxiway.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LANDED RUNWAY 27. TAXING BACK ON "C" TAXIWAY. DURING POST LANDING COCKPIT CLEANUP PROCEDURES, PILOT INADVERTENTLY SELECTED THE GEAR HANDLE TO THE "UP"POSITION INSTEAD OF SELECTING AND RETRACTING THE FLAPS. GEAR RETRACTED ON TAXIWAY.

Other reports on N115DH · 2

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