19790116002089I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech C-50 · Ft Pierce, FL · January 16, 1979

Date: January 16, 1979 · 20:30 local
Place: Ft Pierce, FL
Airport: St Lucie Co
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4939B
Reported as: Beech C50
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 144 total4 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N4939BRegistration cancelled Aug 9, 2012 · Beech C-50S/N CH-328 · Built 1955 Airframe modelBeech C-50 Engine modelLycoming GO-480 seriesReciprocating

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 probably failed to turn generator switches on. Gear collapsed after manual extension, improperly rigged

As the FAA filed it

PILOT PROBABLY FAILED TO TURN GENERATOR SWITCHES ON. GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER MANUAL EXTENSION, IMPROPERLY RIGGED