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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 58 · Middletown, RI · April 6, 1980

Date
April 6, 1980 · 10:17 local
Place
Middletown, RI
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6839S
Reported as
Beech 58
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total1,500 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 failed to lower gear before touchdown. Go-around was made and normal landing, with prop tip damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FAILED TO LOWER GEAR BEFORE TOUCHDOWN. GO-AROUND WAS MADE AND NORMAL LANDING, WITH PROP TIP DAMAGE.