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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 35-33 · Salisbury, MD · June 8, 2023

Date: June 8, 2023 · 17:37 local
Place: Salisbury, MD
Airport: Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N562LF
Reported as: Beech 35-33
Reported engine: Continental I0-470 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 14,560 total40 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N562LFRegistered now · Beech 35-33S/N CD-73 Airframe modelBeech 35-33 Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot reported: flew the pattern one time to test radios. Landing gear was not selected up during any phase of the flight. After a normal landing while the airplane was slowing down, pilot decided to do another flight over the pattern and he selected gear handle instead of the flap selector. After the gear horn sounded, he quickly selected gear down. He reached over the flap selector and selected take off flap configuration, applied power for takeoff when the nose gear collapsed striking the prop on the ground coming to a full stop.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED: FLEW THE PATTERN ONE TIME TO TEST RADIOS. LANDING GEAR WAS NOT SELECTED UP DURING ANY PHASE OF THE FLIGHT. AFTER A NORMAL LANDING WHILE THE AIRPLANE WAS SLOWING DOWN, PILOT DECIDED TO DO ANOTHER FLIGHT OVER THE PATTERN AND HE SELECTED GEAR HANDLE INSTEAD OF THE FLAP SELECTOR. AFTER THE GEAR HORN SOUNDED, HE QUICKLY SELECTED GEAR DOWN. HE REACHED OVER THE FLAP SELECTOR AND SELECTED TAKE OFF FLAP CONFIGURATION, APPLIED POWER FOR TAKEOFF WHEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED STRIKING THE PROP ON THE GROUND COMING TO A FULL STOP.