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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech F33 · Ozona, TX · December 5, 1981

Date: December 5, 1981 · 12:50 local
Place: Ozona, TX
Airport: Ozona
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1059W
Reported as: Beech F33
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,060 total49 in this make and model49 in the last 90 days

N1059WRegistration cancelled Oct 31, 2014 · Beech F33AS/N CE-426 · Built 1973 Airframe modelBeech F33A 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 took off with dead battery. With no gear down lights, he did not use emergency gear system, landed gear up.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TOOK OFF WITH DEAD BATTERY. WITH NO GEAR DOWN LIGHTS, HE DID NOT USE EMERGENCY GEAR SYSTEM, LANDED GEAR UP.