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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech 9555 · Indianapolis, IN · July 2, 1981

Date
July 2, 1981 · 18:00 local
Place
Indianapolis, IN
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N3801U
Reported as
Beech 9555
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,675 total20 in this make and model80 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.

Had to crank landing gear down manually. Found electrically open down limit switch.

As the FAA filed it

HAD TO CRANK LANDING GEAR DOWN MANUALLY. FOUND ELECTRICALLY OPEN DOWN LIMIT SWITCH.