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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech D55 · Freeland, MI · September 6, 1978

Date
September 6, 1978 · 21:30 local
Place
Freeland, MI
Airport
Tri-City
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9683Y
Reported as
Beech D55
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
888 total56 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 extend gear manually after experiencing electrical failure. Landed wheels up.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FAILED TO EXTEND GEAR MANUALLY AFTER EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL FAILURE. LANDED WHEELS UP.