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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 9555 · Ocean Reef, FL · September 30, 1979

Date: September 30, 1979 · 13:00 local
Place: Ocean Reef, FL
Airport: Private
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N11WW
Reported as: Beech 9555
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,900 total22 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N11WWRegistration cancelled Mar 17, 2011 · Beech D55S/N TE-677 · Built 1969 Airframe modelBeech D55 Engine modelContinental IO-520 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.

Pilot decided on go-around to land on a different runway. Retracted the gear and forgot to put it down again.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DECIDED ON GO-AROUND TO LAND ON A DIFFERENT RUNWAY. RETRACTED THE GEAR AND FORGOT TO PUT IT DOWN AGAIN.