# Incident 20150926016809I: Dehavilland DH115 VAMPIRE, Pontiac, MI, September 26, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 2015, 12:47 local time
- Place: Pontiac, MI
- Airport: Oakland County International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6656° N, 83.4205° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OAKLAND COUNTY INTL (PTK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6656&lon=-83.4205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N115DH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N115DH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DH115 VAMPIRE (registry code 2804001, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dh115-vampire) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DH115 VAMPIRE
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,815 total, 22 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150926016809I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20240817013109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240817013109I), Aug 17, 2024: Dehavilland DH115 VAMPIRE (N115DH), Latrobe, PA, Minor damage. On Saturday, August 17, the pilot completed an aerobatic routine during an airshow. The wind was roughly 10 knots from a heading of 240 degrees with gusts to…
- [Incident 19940720040529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940720040529I), Jul 20, 1994: Amtrvp VAMPIRE (N115DH), San Antonio, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: after an uneventful personal flight on July 20, 1994 at 11:30 CDT, N115DH, a de havilland model MK55, registered to richard brinkman landed and…

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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