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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech D-50 · Macon, GA · September 23, 1979

Date: September 23, 1979 · 12:19 local
Place: Macon, GA
Airport: Herbert Smart
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N217B
Reported as: Beech D50
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,000 total50 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N217BRegistration cancelled Aug 27, 2012 · Beech D-50S/N DH-67 · Built 1956 Airframe modelBeech D-50 Engine modelLycoming GO-480 seriesReciprocating

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.

Wheels up landing. Pilot said he had extended the gear. Wheel well doors were closed. No gear problems found.

As the FAA filed it

WHEELS UP LANDING. PILOT SAID HE HAD EXTENDED THE GEAR. WHEEL WELL DOORS WERE CLOSED. NO GEAR PROBLEMS FOUND.