20191219019979I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech F33A · Broomfield, CO · December 19, 2019

Date
December 19, 2019 · 15:45 local
Place
Broomfield, CO
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N13EJ
Reported as
Beech F33A
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
19,451 total52 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.

The pilot was in the pattern practicing touch and go landings on runway 12R. Following the second landing the pilot reached to raise the flaps for takeoff but mistakenly raised the landing gear handle. The landing gear retracted. The pilot immediately put the gear handle back in the down position and attempted to lift-off unsuccessfully. The aircraft settled onto the runway, skidded off the right side into the grass and came to rest just off the runway. Tower was immediately notified and an emergency was declared. The aircraft was shut down and the pilot exited uninjured. There is minimum damage to the aircraft to include; gear doors, propeller, belly antennas, and flaps.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS IN THE PATTERN PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 12R. FOLLOWING THE SECOND LANDING THE PILOT REACHED TO RAISE THE FLAPS FOR TAKEOFF BUT MISTAKENLY RAISED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE. THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY PUT THE GEAR HANDLE BACK IN THE DOWN POSITION AND ATTEMPTED TO LIFT-OFF UNSUCCESSFULLY. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY, SKIDDED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE INTO THE GRASS AND CAME TO REST JUST OFF THE RUNWAY. TOWER WAS IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED AND AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE PILOT EXITED UNINJURED. THERE IS MINIMUM DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT TO INCLUDE; GEAR DOORS, PROPELLER, BELLY ANTENNAS, AND FLAPS.