FAA incident report · Blanca 1730A · Savannah, GA · February 24, 1980
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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Bolts securing nose gear door backed out, jamming the doors and preventing nose gear from extending fully.
BOLTS SECURING NOSE GEAR DOOR BACKED OUT, JAMMING THE DOORS AND PREVENTING NOSE GEAR FROM EXTENDING FULLY.