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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech E35 · Burns, OR · November 3, 2019

Date
November 3, 2019 · 16:45 local
Place
Burns, OR
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7302B
Reported as
Beech E35
Reported engine
Continental E225 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
923 total414 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Pilot landed rwy 30. Made a left turn onto rwy 21 to taxi to the end of the runway and then to parking. After clearing rwy 30, the pilot reached over to retract the flaps as he was taxiing. He instead moved the gear handle to the up position and retracted the gear. The nose gear collapsed completely and the main gear started to retract.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED RWY 30. MADE A LEFT TURN ONTO RWY 21 TO TAXI TO THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND THEN TO PARKING. AFTER CLEARING RWY 30, THE PILOT REACHED OVER TO RETRACT THE FLAPS AS HE WAS TAXIING. HE INSTEAD MOVED THE GEAR HANDLE TO THE UP POSITION AND RETRACTED THE GEAR. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED COMPLETELY AND THE MAIN GEAR STARTED TO RETRACT.