# Incident 20180712010919I: Beech 58, Portland, ME, July 12, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2018, 10:25 local time
- Place: Portland, ME
- Airport: Portland Jetport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 5NEA
- Location: 43.6456° N, 70.3086° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND INTL JETPORT (PWM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6456&lon=-70.3086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N263AC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N263AC-2023-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,450 total, 12 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180712010919I

## Narrative

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

ACCORDING TO PIC AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATEMENTS, PIC MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING AT KPWM FROM KWVL. DURING THE ROLLOUT, PIC MISTOOK THE GEAR LEVER FOR THE FLAP LEVER. INSTRUCTOR TRIED TO STOP HIM BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. AIRCRAFT DROPPED ONTO ITS BELLY AND SKIDDED WITH BOTH PROPS STRIKING THE SURFACE. THE AIRPLANE WAS SHUT DOWN AND BOTH OCCUPANTS EVACUATED ON THE RUNWAY WITH NO INJURIES.

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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