40.7966° N, 74.4773° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Morristown, NJ, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 7, 1980 · 11:05 local
Place
Morristown, NJ
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N48UC
Reported as
Lkheed 132923E
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
25,000 total4,500 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 uable to lower gear by normal means, emergency extension successful. Landing gear control valve had failed.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT UABLE TO LOWER GEAR BY NORMAL MEANS, EMERGENCY EXTENSION SUCCESSFUL.LANDING GEAR CONTROL VALVE HAD FAILED.