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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Univac GC1B · Jackson, MI · October 21, 1980

Date
October 21, 1980 · 20:10 local
Place
Jackson, MI
Airport
Reynolds
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N78259
Reported as
Univac GC1B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,800 total1,000 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.

Wheels up landing after engine lost power. Pilot inadvertantly shut off ignition switch while operating gear switch

As the FAA filed it

WHEELS UP LANDING AFTER ENGINE LOST POWER. PILOT INADVERTANTLY SHUT OFF IGNITION SWITCH WHILE OPERATING GEAR SWITCH