19790520027359I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 500CESSNA · Flushing, NY · May 20, 1979

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.