20240531009929I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · S C Aerostar S A YAK-52TW · Martin State, MD · May 31, 2024

Date: May 31, 2024 · 16:20 local
Place: Martin State, MD
Airport: Martin State
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N32CR
Reported as: S C Aerostar S A YAK-52TW
Reported engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,400 total750 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N32CRRegistered now · S C Aerostar S A YAK-52TWS/N 0212401 · Built 2002 Airframe modelS C Aerostar S A YAK-52TW Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

After touching down for landing, pilot decided to exercise a touch and go. While configuring the aircraft for take off, pilot mistakenly selcted gear up instead of flap up. Immediately after the gear was mistakenly selected up, the aircraft slid down the runway coming to a full stop causing only minor damages to the propeller, bottom skin, oil cooler, and wing tips. Aircraft was lifted by the nose, gear extended and towed to the hangar.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER TOUCHING DOWN FOR LANDING, PILOT DECIDED TO EXERCISE A TOUCH AND GO. WHILE CONFIGURING THE AIRCRAFT FOR TAKE OFF, PILOT MISTAKENLY SELCTED GEAR UP INSTEAD OF FLAP UP. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE GEAR WAS MISTAKENLY SELECTED UP, THE AIRCRAFT SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY COMING TO A FULL STOP CAUSING ONLY MINOR DAMAGES TO THE PROPELLER, BOTTOM SKIN, OIL COOLER, AND WING TIPS. AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED BY THE NOSE, GEAR EXTENDED AND TOWED TO THE HANGAR.