46.5909° N, 120.5494° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Yakima, WA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 21, 1980 · 20:30 local
Place
Yakima, WA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
CCDA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N42CA
Reported as
Beech 99
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,000 total5,500 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.
Gear unsafe light after retraction. Pilot lowered gear, landed safely. Nose gear down limit switch had failed.
As the FAA filed it
GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT AFTER RETRACTION. PILOT LOWERED GEAR, LANDED SAFELY. NOSE GEAR DOWN LIMIT SWITCH HAD FAILED.