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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech B35 · Escanaba, MI · January 24, 1978

Date: January 24, 1978 · 18:30 local
Place: Escanaba, MI
Airport: Delta Co
Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N99J
Reported as: Beech B35
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,500 total750 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N99JRegistered now · Beech 35S/N D-165 · Built 1947 Airframe modelBeech 35 Engine modelContinental E225 seriesReciprocating

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.

Unsafe gear indication. Unable to get a safe indication. Gear collapsed. Uplock release cable frozen.

As the FAA filed it

UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION. UNABLE TO GET A SAFE INDICATION. GEAR COLLAPSED. UPLOCK RELEASE CABLE FROZEN.