33.5207° N, 86.8025° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Birmingham, AL, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 18, 1980 · 11:15 local
Place
Birmingham, AL
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N721HC
Reported as
Beech 58
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,600 total8 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 retracted gear instead of flaps during roll out, damaging props.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT RETRACTED GEAR INSTEAD OF FLAPS DURING ROLL OUT, DAMAGING PROPS.