20170515021509I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 58 · Sierra Vista, AZ · May 15, 2017

Date
May 15, 2017 · 07:45 local
Place
Sierra Vista, AZ
Airport
Sirra Vista Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
B2LA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6649D
Reported as
Beech 58
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
7,187 total710 in this make and model

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.

Pilot was on a CFR 135 flight from chandler AZ to Sierra Vista, AZ in a BE-58, N6649D carrying one passenger. While on landing roll out at destination airport pilot inadvertently selected the landing gear ("up?) Handle rather than the flaps (?up?) Handle. The nose wheel followed by the mains retracted causing the aircraft to come to a sliding stop on the runway. Pilot and passenger were not injured.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS ON A CFR 135 FLIGHT FROM CHANDLER AZ TO SIERRA VISTA, AZ IN A BE-58, N6649D CARRYING ONE PASSENGER. WHILE ON LANDING ROLL OUT AT DESTINATION AIRPORT PILOT INADVERTENTLY SELECTED THE LANDING GEAR ("UP?) HANDLE RATHER THAN THE FLAPS (?UP?) HANDLE. THE NOSE WHEEL FOLLOWED BY THE MAINS RETRACTED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO COME TO A SLIDING STOP ON THE RUNWAY. PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.