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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech H35 · Van Nuys, CA · May 9, 1979

Date
May 9, 1979 · 11:13 local
Place
Van Nuys, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7974D
Reported as
Beech H35
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,776 total1,600 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.

Nose gear followed by main gear collapsed during takeoff roll. Special airworthiness certificate had expired.

As the FAA filed it

NOSE GEAR FOLLOWED BY MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED DURING TAKEOFF ROLL. SPECIAL AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE HAD EXPIRED.