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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Beech 65 · Lititz, PA · March 11, 1981

Date
March 11, 1981 · 09:45 local
Place
Lititz, PA
Airport
Lancaster
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5452W
Reported as
Beech 65
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,000 total400 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.

Nose gear failed upon landing due to actuator failure. Bearing failure.

As the FAA filed it

NOSE GEAR FAILED UPON LANDING DUE TO ACTUATOR FAILURE. BEARING FAILURE.