Pilot Debrief

BEECH S35 near Olympia, WA — 2025-10-12

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Date
2025-10-12
Location
Olympia, WA, USA
Airport
OLM
Aircraft
BEECH S35
Registration
N35S
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
None
Fatalities
0

Probable cause

The pilot’s inadvertent retraction of the landing gear after landing.

NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that during a landing roll of a touch-and-go landing, he attempted to reconfigure the airplane for takeoff. He inadvertently raised the landing gear handle instead of the flap handle, and the landing gear began to retract. The airplane struck the ground and slid to a stop on the runway, which resulted in substantial damage to the airplane’s left wing. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

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