19790519027219I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Rkwell 500RKWELL · Bimini, Bahamas · May 19, 1979

Date
May 19, 1979 · 14:00 local
Place
Bimini, Bahamas
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6290B
Reported as
Rkwell 500RKWELL
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total1,000 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 forgot to extend gear before landing.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FORGOT TO EXTEND GEAR BEFORE LANDING.