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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 35B33 · La Grande, OR · May 9, 1980

Date: May 9, 1980 · 15:30 local
Place: La Grande, OR
Airport: Reds Wallowa Ranc
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N831R
Reported as: Beech 35B33
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 800 total13 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N831RRegistered now · Beech 35-33S/N CD-3 · Built 1959 Airframe modelBeech 35-33 Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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 was unable to sustain flight after premature downwind lift off from soft runway, touched down, gear up.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS UNABLE TO SUSTAIN FLIGHT AFTER PREMATURE DOWNWIND LIFT OFF FROM SOFT RUNWAY, TOUCHED DOWN, GEAR UP.