# Incident 20190419003049I: Beech M35, Augusta, ME, April 19, 2019 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: April 19, 2019, 14:00 local time - Place: Augusta, ME - Airport: Augusta State - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 44.3207° N, 69.7973° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUGUSTA STATE (AUG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3207&lon=-69.7973&mi=10 - Aircraft: N706CM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N706CM) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Beech M35 (registry code 1151526, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-m35) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH M35 - Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor - Pilot flight hours: 3,468 total, 13 in this make and model, 142 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190419003049I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON APRIL 19, 2019 THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF N706CM, A BE-35-M35 BEECH BONANZA ATTEMPTED A LANDING ON RUNWAY 26 AT KAUG, AUGUSTA STATE AIRPORT, AUGUSTA, ME. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO RAISE THE FLAPS AS A TECHNIQUE FOR REDUCING THE GROUND ROLL. HOWEVER, THE PILOT ERRONEOUSLY ACTIVATED THE HANDLE FOR THE RETRACTABLE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THE PITCH OF THE AIRCRAFT DECREASE ALTHOUGH THE AIRPLANE WAS ALREADY ON THE GROUND. AT THIS POINT, THE PILOT REALIZED HIS ERROR AND ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE GEAR BACK DOWN. HOWEVER, BY THIS TIME THE NOSE GEAR HAD RETRACTED ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE NOSE TO PITCH DOWN ALLOWING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY SURFACE. SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR PARTIALLY RETRACTED CAUSING THE LEFT WING TO DROP AND ALSO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE THEN SKIDDED TO A STOP AT AN ANGLE TO THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE THEN SECURED THE AIRCRAFT BY SHUTTING OFF THE FUEL VALVE AND MASTER SWITCH. UPON DEPLANING, THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE MET WITH MULTIPLE PARTIES FROM THE FBO AND ADJACENT MAINTENANCE HANGAR THAT HAD WITNESSED THE EVENT. NEITHER THE PILOT NOR THE PASSENGER EXPERIENCED ANY INJURIES. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE AIRCRAFT AT REST ON THE RUNWAY AND A BRIEF WRITTEN REPORT WERE PROVIDED BY THE AUGUSTA AIRPORT MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR. ON APRIL 23, 2019, THE IIC PROVIDED THE PILOT WITH AN FAA COMPLIANCE PHILOSOPHY BROCHURE PRIOR TO DISCUSSING THE EVENT. ON MAY 6, 2019, DURING QUESTIONING FROM THE IIC, THE AIRMAN ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE TECHNIQUE USED IN WHICH HE ATTEMPTED TO RETRACT THE FLAPS TO REDUCE THE GROUND ROLL IS NOT PART OF AN APPROVED PROCEDURE IN THE AIRPLANE FLIGHT MANUAL/PILOT OPERATING HANDBOOK. THIS OPERATION AND THE RESULTANT INCIDENT REPRESENT A PILOT ERROR IN THE FORM OF A CARELESS ACT AND THEREFORE REPRESENT A POTENTIAL REGULATORY NON-COMPLIANCE WITH 14 CFR 91.13(A). THE PILOT WAS VERY COOPERATIVE THROUGHOUT THE INVESTIGATION AND A DETERMINATION WAS MADE TO RECOMMEND THE PILOT FOR A COMPLIANCE ACTION IN THE FORM OF REMEDIAL TRAINING (RT) IN ORDER TO MITIGATE FUTURE RISK OF RECURRENCE OF A SIMILAR ACTION. 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.