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Incident

FAA incident report · Rkwell NA26560 · Omaha, NE · September 16, 1978

Date
September 16, 1978 · 21:55 local
Place
Omaha, NE
Airport
Eplley
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N746UP
Reported as
Rkwell NA26560
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,500 total3,000 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.

Left gear down light inoperative on approach. Found broken wire to switch.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT GEAR DOWN LIGHT INOPERATIVE ON APPROACH. FOUND BROKEN WIRE TO SWITCH.