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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech S35 · Napa, CA · June 8, 2020

Date
June 8, 2020 · 19:50 local
Place
Napa, CA
Airport
Napa County
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5819S
Reported as
Beech S35
Reported engine
Continental IO-550 SERIES STC
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,695 total665 in this make and model2 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.

N5819S, se bonanza, was on a VFR local solo flight, performing a touch and go at kapc, Napa County Airport. After touchdown, and during the rollout phase of flight in preparation for a touch and go, the airman reached for the flap selector yet selected the gear handle instead, causing gear retraction.

As the FAA filed it

N5819S, SE BONANZA, WAS ON A VFR LOCAL SOLO FLIGHT, PERFORMING A TOUCH AND GO AT KAPC, NAPA COUNTY AIRPORT. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, AND DURING THE ROLLOUT PHASE OF FLIGHT IN PREPARATION FOR A TOUCH AND GO, THE AIRMAN REACHED FOR THE FLAP SELECTOR YET SELECTED THE GEAR HANDLE INSTEAD, CAUSING GEAR RETRACTION.