# Incident 20210829015159I: Aero Commander 500-B, Columbia, CA, August 29, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2021, 12:00 local time
- Place: Columbia, CA
- Airport: Columbia
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0304° N, 120.4146° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBIA (O22), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0304&lon=-120.4146&mi=10
- Aircraft: N501TC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N501TC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500-B (registry code 0141106, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMMANDER 500-B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 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/20210829015159I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 29, 2021 N501TC A 500 AERO COMMANDER WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR RETRACTED DURING A GROUND TAXI AFTER LANDING.  AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONDUCTING SEVERAL LANDINGS DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT.  INVESTIGATION INDICATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL LEVER WAS NOT IN THE LATCHED POSITION CAUSING THE GEAR HANDLE TO PARTIAL RAISE AND THE GEAR TO START RETRACT. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES AND DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE WAS MINIMAL.

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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