19800917068849I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech E18S · Charlottesville, VA · September 17, 1980

Date
September 17, 1980 · 17:45 local
Place
Charlottesville, VA
Airport
Albemarie
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
MTNA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9001
Reported as
Beech E18S
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,100 total1,500 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.

Landed with gear not locked down. Pilot failed to turn on generators, causing lack of power to lock gear.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED WITH GEAR NOT LOCKED DOWN. PILOT FAILED TO TURN ON GENERATORS, CAUSING LACK OF POWER TO LOCK GEAR.

Other reports on N9001 · 3

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.