# Incident 20230224001519I: Beech 58TC, Walnut Ridge, AR, February 24, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 2023, 10:15 local time
- Place: Walnut Ridge, AR
- Airport: Walnut Ridge Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1247° N, 90.9251° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WALNUT RIDGE RGNL (ARG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1247&lon=-90.9251&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17850, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17850) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58TC (registry code 1152746, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58TC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,381 total, 3,214 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230224001519I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED NEWPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT (M19) WITH PIC INTENT ON CONDUCTING EMERGENCY PROCEDURES PRACTICE, SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON SHORT FIELD LANDINGS, IN THE VICINITY OF WALNUT RIDGE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (ARG). AFTER THE FIRST LANDING AND IN CONFIGURING THE AIRCRAFT FOR TAKE-OFF, PIC MOVED LANDING GEAR SELECTOR LEVER TO "UP" POSITION DURING DEPARTURE ROLL PRIOR TO BECOMING AIRBORNE. AS PIC APPLIED ENGINE POWER, LANDING GEAR BEGAN TO RETRACT AND AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO RUNWAY THEN SLID TO STOP APPROX. 1/2 WAY DOWN RUNWAY 4. NO INJURIES, MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

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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