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FAA incident report · Globe GC-1B · Independence, OR · May 10, 2024

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Date
May 10, 2024 · 13:02 local
Place
Independence, OR
Airport
Independence State
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3283K
Reported as
Globe GC-1B
Reported engine
Continental 0-300 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
190 total70 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days
N3283KRegistered now · Globe GC-1BS/N 1276 · Built 1946Airframe modelGlobe GC-1BEngine modelContinental 0-300 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Aircraft departed 7S5 on a local flight with only the pilot on board. Aircraft made landing and taxied off the runway onto the taxiway without any issues. At 1302 local time, while taxing at slow speed the pilot intended to retract the flaps. Instead of moving the control lever for the flaps to the up position, the landing gear up lever was selected. The aircraft landing gear started to retract while on the ground. The pilot recognized that the gear was starting to retract and put the lever back to the down position. The right hand (RH) gear collapsed causing some damage to the retracting mechanism on the RH side. The RH wing tip and outboard tip of the flap show signs of some scratches/scuffing. The aircraft being tipped on its right side caused a minor fuel leak. The engine was running and the propeller contacted the ground damaging both propeller blades causing the outer 6 inches of both blades to bend forward. The aircraft was removed from the taxiway before the FAA was on site. No injuries to the pilot were reported.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED 7S5 ON A LOCAL FLIGHT WITH ONLY THE PILOT ON BOARD. AIRCRAFT MADE LANDING AND TAXIED OFF THE RUNWAY ONTO THE TAXIWAY WITHOUT ANY ISSUES. AT 1302 LOCAL TIME, WHILE TAXING AT SLOW SPEED THE PILOT INTENDED TO RETRACT THE FLAPS. INSTEAD OF MOVING THE CONTROL LEVER FOR THE FLAPS TO THE UP POSITION, THE LANDING GEAR UP LEVER WAS SELECTED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR STARTED TO RETRACT WHILE ON THE GROUND. THE PILOT RECOGNIZED THAT THE GEAR WAS STARTING TO RETRACT AND PUT THE LEVER BACK TO THE DOWN POSITION. THE RIGHT HAND (RH) GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING SOME DAMAGE TO THE RETRACTING MECHANISM ON THE RH SIDE. THE RH WING TIP AND OUTBOARD TIP OF THE FLAP SHOW SIGNS OF SOME SCRATCHES/SCUFFING. THE AIRCRAFT BEING TIPPED ON ITS RIGHT SIDE CAUSED A MINOR FUEL LEAK. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AND THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE GROUND DAMAGING BOTH PROPELLER BLADES CAUSING THE OUTER 6 INCHES OF BOTH BLADES TO BEND FORWARD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE TAXIWAY BEFORE THE FAA WAS ON SITE. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT WERE REPORTED.

Other reports on N3283K · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 19950715033849IGround Taxi, Other Airplane · Leesburg, FLHigh speed taxi test. Right main landing gear collapsed. Exited runway. Hit rwy light. Cause not determined.Jul 15, 1995 · Minor damage