# Incident 20221229020839I: Raytheon Aircraft Company B300, Visalia, CA, December 29, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 2022, 14:05 local time
- Place: Visalia, CA
- Airport: Visalia Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3186° N, 119.3929° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VISALIA MUNI (VIS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3186&lon=-119.3929&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88HR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N88HR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon B300 (registry code 7150007, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-b300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY B300
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 16,092 total, 3,723 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221229020839I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 29, 2022, A BEECHCRAFT B300 DEPARTED FIREBAUGH AIRPORT (F34). THE PILOT WAS EXPERIENCING GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHT RAIN. THE PILOT USED APPROACH FLAPS FOR TAKE-OFF TO AVOID STANDING WATER ON THE RUNWAY. THE FLAPS THEN FAILED TO RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF AND 5 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THE PILOT EXPERIENCED THE AIRCRAFT ROLLING. THE PILOT NOTIFIED ATC, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDING AT VISALIA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED BUT THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING.

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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