PLT OF A BEECH BONANZA BE35 INADVERTENTLY RAISED THE LNDG GEAR DURING TAXI IN WHEN LEAVING THE RWY.

Date: 2000-05 · Aircraft: Bonanza 35 · Phase: taxi

Anomalies: ground-event-encounter-gear-up-landing|other-gear-put-up-during-taxi-off-rwy

Synopsis

PLT OF A BEECH BONANZA BE35 INADVERTENTLY RAISED THE LNDG GEAR DURING TAXI IN WHEN LEAVING THE RWY.

Narrative

AFTER SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF A FLT FROM GRASS VALLEY ARPT (O17) TO EUREKA (EKA); I INADVERTENTLY SWITCHED THE GEAR LEVER TO THE UP POS. THE GEAR PARTIALLY RETRACTED; RESULTING IN A PROP STRIKE. THE ACFT CAME TO REST ON THE NOSE AND L WINGTIP; WITH THE R MAIN GEAR STILL EXTENDED. SEVERAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTED TO MY MOMENTARY INATTN AND DEP FROM NORMAL AFTER LNDG PROC. FLT CONDITIONS INCLUDED CONTINUOUS TURB WHICH; COMBINED WITH A BROKEN CLOUD LAYER ABOVE AND UNFAMILIAR MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN BELOW; MADE THE FLT MORE CHALLENGING AND FATIGUING THAN ANTICIPATED. THE APCH AND LNDG WERE MADE IN WINDY; GUSTY CONDITIONS WITH A SIGNIFICANT XWIND COMPONENT. ANOTHER ACFT WAS HOLDING SHORT OF THE RWY FOR DEP. I THOUGHT THE PLT SHOP; WHICH I INTENDED TO VISIT; MIGHT BE ABOUT TO CLOSE. I ASSUME THAT MY STATE OF MIND WAS AFFECTED CUMULATIVELY BY ALL OF THESE FACTORS AS I TAXIED CLR OF THE RWY TOWARD THE RAMP. I DID NOT STOP TO PERFORM MY AFTER LNDG CHORES; NOR DID I HAVE A CONSCIOUS; DELIBERATE ATTITUDE TOWARD THEM. AS THE ACFT NOSED OVER; I ALMOST IMMEDIATELY REALIZED THAT I HAD JUST CASUALLY FLIPPED THE GEAR SWITCH UP; BUT I COULDN'T ACCOUNT FOR MY ACTION. UNFORTUNATELY; THERE IS PROBABLY NOTHING NEW TO BE LEARNED FROM THIS INCIDENT. FOR ME; IT STRONGLY REINFORCES THE NEED TO BE CONSISTENT IN FOLLOWING ESTABLISHED PROCS IN ANY PHASE OF FLT; AND TO RESIST THE URGE TO RUSH BECAUSE OF EXTERNAL INFLUENCES.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.