# Incident 19810920073509I: Beech C24R, Norfolk, VA, September 20, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1981, 12:10 local time
- Place: Norfolk, VA
- Airport: Norfolk
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8956° N, 76.1989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORFOLK INTL (ORF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8956&lon=-76.1989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1802N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1802N-2017-06-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C24R (registry code 1151254, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C24R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 305 total, 9 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810920073509I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

UNABLE RETRACT GEAR,ON LANDING NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.RIGHT RETRACT STRUT LEAKED ALL FLUID AWAY,AND NOSE GEAR UNLOCKED

## Other reports on N1802N (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19960331009689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960331009689I), Mar 31, 1996: Beech C24R (N1802N), Charleston, SC, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot reported he landed short of arresting cable in order to turn off first taxiway. Tower advised N1802N to make first taxiway to accommodate…
- [Incident 19910601038399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910601038399I), Jun 1, 1991: Beech B24R (N1802N), Fayetteville, NC, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to put gear down and landed gear up.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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