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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 58 · Raleigh, NC · October 5, 1981

Date: October 5, 1981 · 18:05 local
Place: Raleigh, NC
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4380W
Reported as: Beech 58
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,200 total1,000 in this make and model130 in the last 90 days

N4380WRegistered now · Beech 58S/N TH-448 · Built 1974 Airframe modelBeech 58 Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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.

Pilot made a wheels up landing when he was unable to lower gear. Bearing in landing gear motor had seized.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MADE A WHEELS UP LANDING WHEN HE WAS UNABLE TO LOWER GEAR. BEARING IN LANDING GEAR MOTOR HAD SEIZED.