# Incident 19800416051109I: Amd FALCONC, Battle Creek, MI, April 16, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 1980, 10:40 local time
- Place: Battle Creek, MI
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3212° N, 85.1797° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Battle Creek, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3212&lon=-85.1797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1047T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMD FALCONC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 3,120 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80IA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80IA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800416051109I

## Narrative

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

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI80IA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80IA035), Apr 16, 1980: Avions Mrcl 20 (N1047T), Battle Creek, MI, incident, minor damage

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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