# Incident 19790923050269I: Beech D50, Macon, GA, September 23, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1979, 12:19 local time
- Place: Macon, GA
- Airport: Herbert Smart
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8407° N, 83.6324° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Macon, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8407&lon=-83.6324&mi=10
- Aircraft: N217B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N217B-2012-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D-50 (registry code 1152512, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d-50) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GO-480 series (registry code 41527, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-480-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D50
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 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/19790923050269I

## Narrative

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

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

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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