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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech V35B · Indianapolis, IN · August 1, 1978

Date
August 1, 1978 · 15:45 local
Place
Indianapolis, IN
Airport
Speedway
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N899T
Reported as
Beech V35B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
800 total125 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 failed to check position of gear, landed with gear partially extended. Faulty landing gear motor.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FAILED TO CHECK POSITION OF GEAR, LANDED WITH GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED. FAULTY LANDING GEAR MOTOR.