38.7428° N, 76.9087° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Clinton, MD, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 25, 1981 · 16:00 local
Place
Clinton, MD
Airport
Hyde
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9718Y
Reported as
Beech 35B33
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total300 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 became preoccupied with radio transmissions during approach and forgot to extend landing gear. Minor danage.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT BECAME PREOCCUPIED WITH RADIO TRANSMISSIONS DURING APPROACH AND FORGOT TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR. MINOR DANAGE.