19790101000399I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech B50 · Tucson, AZ · January 1, 1979

Date
January 1, 1979 · 15:57 local
Place
Tucson, AZ
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N687T
Reported as
Beech B50
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total800 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.

Experienced complete electrical failue 15 miles out. Continued to the airport. Landed gear up.

As the FAA filed it

EXPERIENCED COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILUE 15 MILES OUT. CONTINUED TO THE AIRPORT. LANDED GEAR UP.