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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · AMD Falconc · Battle Creek, MI · April 16, 1980

Date
April 16, 1980 · 10:40 local
Place
Battle Creek, MI
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1047T
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI80IA035
Reported as
AMD Falconc
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total3,120 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.

Unable to extend left main, runway foamed. Manual release cable broke during emergency extension.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO EXTEND LEFT MAIN, RUNWAY FOAMED. MANUAL RELEASE CABLE BROKE DURING EMERGENCY EXTENSION.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.