42.7325° N, 84.5555° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Lansing, MI, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 5, 1979 · 20:25 local
Place
Lansing, MI
Airport
Capitol City
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N53DC
Reported as
Beech 95B55
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total1,500 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.
Pilot placed the gear selector in the down position, failed to check gear down. Landed gear up.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT PLACED THE GEAR SELECTOR IN THE DOWN POSITION, FAILED TO CHECK GEAR DOWN. LANDED GEAR UP.