40.7772° N, 73.8726° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at LAGUARDIA (LGA), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
May 20, 1979 · 09:09 local
Place
Flushing, NY
Airport
La Guardia
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N37HG
Reported as
Cessna 500CESSNA
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,200 total1,900 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.
Flight returned after gear would not retract. Found moisture in electrical plug.
As the FAA filed it
FLIGHT RETURNED AFTER GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. FOUND MOISTURE IN ELECTRICAL PLUG.