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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Univac GC-1A · Van Nuys, CA · June 16, 1981

Date
June 16, 1981 · 20:00 local
Place
Van Nuys, CA
Airport
Van Nuys
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N90371
Reported as
Univac GC1A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,800 total550 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.

Ferry flight for maintenance,pilot left gear down and pulled breakers. Put handel up inadvertently. Gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

FERRY FLIGHT FOR MAINTENANCE,PILOT LEFT GEAR DOWN AND PULLED BREAKERS. PUT HANDEL UP INADVERTENTLY. GEAR COLLAPSED.