# Incident 20170822017299I: Beech 95-55, Bartow, FL, August 22, 2017 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: August 22, 2017, 13:47 local time - Place: Bartow, FL - Airport: Bartow Municipal - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 27.8964° N, 81.8431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bartow, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8964&lon=-81.8431&mi=10 - Aircraft: N1233Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1233Z-2019-09-06) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Beech 95-55 (registry code 1152702, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-55) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH 95-55 - Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470L-SERIES - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor - Pilot flight hours: 23,000 total, 20 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170822017299I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ENROUTE FROM TAMPA EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KVDF), TO BARTOW AIRPORT(BOW) GOING THROUGH 1,000 MSL, THE CABIN DOOR POPPED OPEN, CREATING A LOT OF NOISE & WIND. AT TEN (10) NM FROM BARTOW THE PILOT CONTACTED THE TOWER, GAVE THEM THE ATIS AND INTENTION TO LAND. PILOT WAS TOLD TO REPORT A TWO (2) MILE FINAL FOR RUNWAY 9L. HE ROGERED THEM. AS PIC STARTED TO SLOW DOWN, HE DISCOVERED & FELT A VIBRATION GOING THROUGH THE AIRCRAFT. AT TWO (2) DME PIC RADIOED THE TOWER. THEY CLEARED PIC TO LAND ON RUNWAY 9L. HE ACKNOWLEDGED THE LANDING CLEARANCE. & EXTENDED BOTH THE GEAR & FLAPS AND COMPLETED THE LANDING CHECKLIST. BY THIS TIME HE WAS HIGHER & FASTER AND WAS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE SITUATION. HE ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY ONLY TO START PORPOISING DURING THE FLARE. TO STOP THE PORPOISING HE ADDED POWER & RETRACTED THE FLAPS. THE ONLY PROBLEM WAS THAT THE FLAP HANDLE WAS THE GEAR HANDLE. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY. BACK STORY. EARLIER IN THE DAY I WAS FLYING MY BEECH DEBONAIR. THE DEB HAD JUST COME OUT OF AN ANNUAL., AND I WAS TEST FLYING IT. I TOOK IT OVER TO LAKELAND (KLAL) AIRPORT AND DID A SERIES OF TOUCH & GOES ALONG WITH SEVERAL BALKED LANDINGS. "THE GEAR & FLAP HANDLES ON THE DEBONAIR ARE OPPOSITE TO THOSE ON THE BARON". DURING THE TEST FLIGHT ON THE DEBONAIR I BECAME ACCOSTUMED TO REACHING FOR FLAPS AFTER ADDING POWER. DURING THE LANDING WITH THE BARON THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I DID. POWER THEN FLAPS, WHICH ALLOWED A GEAR UP LANDING. CASE HANDLED THROUGH COMPLIANCE PHILOSOPHY AND INSPECTOR ADMINISTERED COUNSELING TO THE PILOT. ## Other reports on N1233Z (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 19901211064659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901211064659I), Dec 11, 1990: Beech 9555 (N1233Z), Norman, OK, Minor damage. Right gear collapsed on landing rollout. Found right main gear retract rod was bent at the inboard end. - [Accident 19741107038559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741107038559A), Nov 7, 1974: Beech 9555 (N1233Z), Minneapolis, MN, Substantial damage. Practice short fld apch ovr 50FT obstacle. Dark night. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.