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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech E18S · Newburgh, NY · September 15, 1979

Date
September 15, 1979 · 05:10 local
Place
Newburgh, NY
Airport
Stewart
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
BAH
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N49MA
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC79IA099
Reported as
Beech E18S
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney 9999UR985
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,904 total682 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot activated the gear down switch, thought the gear was down, landed gear up.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ACTIVATED THE GEAR DOWN SWITCH, THOUGHT THE GEAR WAS DOWN, LANDED GEAR UP.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.