# Incident 20170517021739I: Beech D35, Grand Prairie, TX, May 17, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2017, 14:03 local time
- Place: Grand Prairie, TX
- Airport: Grand Prairie Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6988° N, 97.0469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRAND PRAIRIE MUNI (GPM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6988&lon=-97.0469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2904B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2904B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D35 (registry code 1151510, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E185
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,111 total, 1,171 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170517021739I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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