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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Beech 65 · Saint Maarten, Puerto Rico · November 25, 1979

Date: November 25, 1979 · 18:48 local
Place: Saint Maarten, Puerto Rico
Airport: Princess Juliana
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N7345
Reported as: Beech 65
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 800 total120 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N7345Registration cancelled May 7, 2013 · Beech 65S/N LC-15 · Built 1960 Airframe modelBeech 65 Engine modelLycoming GSO&IGSO-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.

Pilot could not get a gear down and locked indication. Did not use emergency system. Nose gear collapsed on landing

As the FAA filed it

PILOT COULD NOT GET A GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION. DID NOT USE EMERGENCY SYSTEM. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING