43.1548° N, 77.6156° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 28, 1979 · 08:48 local
Place
Rochester, NY
Airport
Monroe Co
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N400GN
Reported as
AMD Falconc
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,700 total510 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 unable to retract gear, landed safely, found defective gear door switch.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT UNABLE TO RETRACT GEAR, LANDED SAFELY, FOUND DEFECTIVE GEAR DOOR SWITCH.