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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Swrngn SA26T · Ft Wayne, IN · July 12, 1978

Date
July 12, 1978 · 23:26 local
Place
Ft Wayne, IN
Airport
Baer
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N500BW
Reported as
Swrngn SA26T
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total2,500 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.

Pilot detected noise during gear retraction. Nose gear would not extend. Roll pin had fallen out of drive sprocket.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DETECTED NOISE DURING GEAR RETRACTION. NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. ROLL PIN HAD FALLEN OUT OF DRIVE SPROCKET.