# Incident 19790108001439I: Beech D18S, El Cajon, CA, January 8, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 1979, 09:00 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N802H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N802H-1988-07-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D18S (registry code 1151004, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D18S
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790108001439I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT UNABLE TO LOWER GEAR, GOT IT DOWN MANUALLY. A WIRE WAS SHORTED OUT IN THE UP LIMIT SWITCH, BLEW FUSES.

## Other reports on N802H (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19871115064959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871115064959A), Nov 15, 1987: Beech D18S (N802H), Mokuleia, HI, Substantial damage. Inadvertently retracted the landing gear on the takeoff roll. The nose gear retracted. Aircraft skidded to a stop.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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