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Incident · Destroyed

FAA incident report · Beech D35 · Grand Prairie, TX · May 17, 2017

Date: May 17, 2017 · 14:03 local
Place: Grand Prairie, TX
Airport: Grand Prairie Municipal
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N2904B
Reported as: Beech D35
Reported engine: Continental E185
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,111 total1,171 in this make and model

N2904BRegistered now · Beech D35S/N D-3549 · Built 1953 Airframe modelBeech D35 Engine modelContinental E185 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On may 18, 2017 aircraft N2904B landed at Grand Prairie Municipal Airport on runway 17. The aircraft turned left to exit the active runway. While transitioning to the taxiway the aircraft suffered a complete nose landing gear collaspe and partial collaspe of the right and left main landing gear. The aircraft suffered damage on left and right inboard main landing gear doors, left and right nose landing gear doors, and the left and right side of the engine lower cowl. Additionally the nose landing gear retract rod was found to be broken. The propeller was struck with signifigant damage to both blades. The pilot in command submitted a statement that stated due to the helicopter traffic in the area the possibility of rotorwash he became preoccupied and inadvertently retracted the landing gear instaed of retracting the flaps.

As the FAA filed it

ON MAY 18, 2017 AIRCRAFT N2904B LANDED AT GRAND PRAIRIE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 17. THE AIRCRAFT TURNED LEFT TO EXIT THE ACTIVE RUNWAY. WHILE TRANSITIONING TO THE TAXIWAY THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED A COMPLETE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLASPE AND PARTIAL COLLASPE OF THE RIGHT AND LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED DAMAGE ON LEFT AND RIGHT INBOARD MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS, LEFT AND RIGHT NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS, AND THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE OF THE ENGINE LOWER COWL. ADDITIONALLY THE NOSE LANDING GEAR RETRACT ROD WAS FOUND TO BE BROKEN. THE PROPELLER WAS STRUCK WITH SIGNIFIGANT DAMAGE TO BOTH BLADES. THE PILOT IN COMMAND SUBMITTED A STATEMENT THAT STATED DUE TO THE HELICOPTER TRAFFIC IN THE AREA THE POSSIBILITY OF ROTORWASH HE BECAME PREOCCUPIED AND INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR INSTAED OF RETRACTING THE FLAPS.