47.6062° N, 122.3321° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Seattle, WA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 10, 1978 · 10:45 local
Place
Seattle, WA
Airport
Boeing
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N18388
Reported as
Beech 9555
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
868 total68 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 making a touch and go raised the gear instead of the flaps.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT MAKING A TOUCH AND GO RAISED THE GEAR INSTEAD OF THE FLAPS.