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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech D55 · Albany, NY · March 13, 1978

Date
March 13, 1978 · 20:45 local
Place
Albany, NY
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N9800L
Reported as
Beech D55
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total300 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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.

Landing gear failed to retract after takeoff, landed without incident. Found broken wires in wheel well.

As the FAA filed it

LANDING GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF, LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOUND BROKEN WIRES IN WHEEL WELL.