# Incident 19790116002089I: Beech C50, Ft Pierce, FL, January 16, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 1979, 20:30 local time
- Place: Ft Pierce, FL
- Airport: St Lucie Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4256° N, 80.3404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Pierce, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4256&lon=-80.3404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4939B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4939B-2012-08-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C-50 (registry code 1152510, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-50) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GO-480 series (registry code 41527, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-480-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C50
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 144 total, 4 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/19790116002089I

## Narrative

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

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

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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