# Accident 20251012014829A: Beech S35, Olympia, WA, October 12, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 2025, 15:30 local time
- Place: Olympia, WA
- Airport: Olympia Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.9690° N, 122.9030° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9690&lon=-122.9030&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N35S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech S35 (registry code 1151532, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 405 total, 398 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR26LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251012014829A

## Narrative

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

PIC EXECUTED A PLANNED TOUCH AND GO LANDING.  WHILE ROLLING DOWN RNWY 17, PIC INADVERTENLY RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR INSTEAD OF RETRACTING THE FLAPS.  ALL 3 LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, CAUSING A PROPELLER STRIKE, SUDDEN ENGINE STOPPAGE, AND DAMAGE TO UNDERSIDE OF FUSELAGE, LANDING GEAR & DOORS, AND BUCKLING OF THE LEFT FORWARD WING SPAR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR26LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA016), Oct 12, 2025: Beech S35 (N35S), Olympia, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadvertent retraction of the landing gear after landing.

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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