# Incident 19790208005699I: Beech 18*, Rochester, NY, February 8, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 1979, 23:34 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Monroe Co
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SMB
- Location: 43.1548° N, 77.6156° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1548&lon=-77.6156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N436A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N436A-2012-11-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E18S (registry code 1151006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 18*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,541 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/19790208005699I

## Narrative

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

LANDING LIGHT SWITCH SHORTED IN ON POSITION.

## Other reports on N436A (1)

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

- [Incident 19820917065099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820917065099I), Sep 17, 1982: Beech 18* (N436A), Tempe, TX, Substantial damage. Distracted by opposite pattern traffic. Pilot allowed aircraft to touch runway gear up. Then put gear down.

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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