# Incident 19791205047699I: Beech H18, New York, NY, December 5, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 1979, 07:35 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: John F. Kennedy
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PIL
- Location: 40.6399° N, 73.7787° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHN F KENNEDY INTL (JFK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6399&lon=-73.7787&mi=10
- Aircraft: N161SP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N161SP-2012-08-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech H-18 (registry code 1151012, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-h-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH H18
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,600 total, 1,903 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/19791205047699I

## Narrative

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

PILOT NOTED UNSAFE GEAR CONDITION WARNING. EXTENDED GEAR MANUALLY, LANDED. RIGHT WHEEL WELL DOOR WAS JAMMED.

## Other reports on N161SP (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19810311009129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810311009129A), Mar 11, 1981: Beech H18 (N161SP), Hazelton, PA, Substantial damage. Pilot attempted takeoff with snow on aircraft. Ran off end of runway after aborting takeoff.

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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