# Incident 19790816031589I: Beech 65A80, San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 16, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1979, 09:58 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.4663° N, 66.1057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Juan, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4663&lon=-66.1057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N314Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N314Q-2012-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65-A80 (registry code 1152808, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-a80) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GSO&IGSO-480 series (registry code 41529, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-gso-igso-480-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65A80
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 total, 50 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/19790816031589I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HEARD LOUD NOISE WITH GEAR RETRACTION. LEFT MAIN UNSAFE AND COLLAPSED. JACKSCREW #11-29-1E301.

## Other reports on N314Q (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19811031088599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811031088599I), Oct 31, 1981: Beech 65A80 (N314Q), San Juan, Puerto Rico, Minor damage. On landing gear test flight. Unsafe gear down light. Unable to remedy. Landed right main gear partially extended.
- [Accident 19810626036589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810626036589A), Jun 26, 1981: Beech 65A80 (N314Q), St Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Substantial damage. Left main gear collapsed on landing. Indicates pilot retracted gear at touchdown in place of flaps. No prior defect

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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