# Incident 19790520027359I: Cessna 500CESSNA, Flushing, NY, May 20, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1979, 09:09 local time
- Place: Flushing, NY
- Airport: La Guardia
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7772° N, 73.8726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAGUARDIA (LGA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7772&lon=-73.8726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37HG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 500CESSNA
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 1,900 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790520027359I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT RETURNED AFTER GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. FOUND MOISTURE IN ELECTRICAL PLUG.

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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