# Incident 20250424004799I: Beech P35, Wenatchee, WA, April 24, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2025, 17:45 local time
- Place: Wenatchee, WA
- Airport: Pagborn Memorial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4360° N, 120.3293° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wenatchee, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4360&lon=-120.3293&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9673Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9673Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech P35 (registry code 1151530, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-p35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-470-N (registry code 17358, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-470-n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH P35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-470-N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,026 total, 44 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250424004799I

## Narrative

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

AS REPORTED BY DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF AND DISCUSSED WITH NTSB INVESTIGATOR, PILOT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO'S.  AFTER LANDING, DURING TRANSITION ROLL FROM LANDING TO TAKEOFF, WHILE CONFIGURING THE AIRCRAFT FOR TAKEOFF, PILOT MISTAKENLY RAISED THE LANDING GEAR LEVER INSTEAD OF FLAPS. GEAR RETRACTED ON TRANSITION FROM LANDING TO TAKEOFF DURING TOUCH AND GO. FAA ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT THE PIC TO INTERVIEW.  PIC RESPONDED BY HIRING AN ATTORNEY.  CONTINUOUS REQUESTS FROM THE FAA TO THE PIC AND ATTORNEY TO INTERVIEW PIC FAILED. NTSB DETERMINED 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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