# Incident 19790915049269I: Beech E18S, Newburgh, NY, September 15, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1979, 05:10 local time
- Place: Newburgh, NY
- Airport: Stewart
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BAH
- Location: 41.5032° N, 74.0196° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newburgh, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5032&lon=-74.0196&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49MA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E18S
- Reported engine: PWA 9999UR985
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,904 total, 682 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79IA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79IA099) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790915049269I

## Narrative

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

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC79IA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79IA099), Sep 15, 1979: Beech E18S (N49MA), Newburgh, NY, incident, minor damage

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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