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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Dhav DHC4A · San Juan, Puerto Rico · February 8, 1980

Date
February 8, 1980 · 10:19 local
Place
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
MERA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N544Y
Reported as
Dhav DHC4A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,000 total3,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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 stated he had green lights on extension of landing gear, also visual check. Nose gear retracted on touchdown.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED HE HAD GREEN LIGHTS ON EXTENSION OF LANDING GEAR, ALSO VISUAL CHECK. NOSE GEAR RETRACTED ON TOUCHDOWN.