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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Rkwell NA26565 · Atlanta, GA · March 4, 1981

Date
March 4, 1981 · 19:30 local
Place
Atlanta, GA
Airport
Fulton Co
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N97RE
Reported as
Rkwell NA26565
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total150 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.

Both main gear failed to extend; lights indicated gear was down. Maintenance found both main gear switches bad.

As the FAA filed it

BOTH MAIN GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND; LIGHTS INDICATED GEAR WAS DOWN. MAINTENANCE FOUND BOTH MAIN GEAR SWITCHES BAD.