# Incident 19790411011239I: Beech B24R, Rochester, NY, April 11, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1979, 17:47 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Monroe Co
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N2061L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2061L-1992-09-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B24R (registry code 1151253, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B24R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790411011239I

## Narrative

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

PILOT UNABLE TO GET A GEAR INDICATION. CAME ON AT TOUCHDOWN. FOUND DIRT IN THE MICROSWITCH. ZK.

## Other reports on N2061L (1)

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

- [Accident 19920503013029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920503013029A), May 3, 1992: Beech B24R (N2061L), Norfolk, MA, Substantial damage. Took off on short runway with strong quartering tailwind. Settled into trees during nose high climbout.

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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