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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 35BEECH · St Clairsville, OH · February 14, 1981

Date
February 14, 1981 · 15:00 local
Place
St Clairsville, OH
Airport
Alderman
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3771N
Reported as
Beech 35BEECH
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total40 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.

Loud noise noted on gear retraction. Determined nose gear not locked when gear down. Found actuator arm broken.

As the FAA filed it

LOUD NOISE NOTED ON GEAR RETRACTION. DETERMINED NOSE GEAR NOT LOCKED WHEN GEAR DOWN. FOUND ACTUATOR ARM BROKEN.