19811224085529I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech D50C · Des Moines, IA · December 24, 1981

Date
December 24, 1981 · 12:44 local
Place
Des Moines, IA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4JL
Reported as
Beech D50C
Reported engine
Lycoming GO480G2D6
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total2,000 in this make and model15 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.

Pilot forgot to lower gear until propellers hit runway, pulled up, dropped gear and landed without go around.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FORGOT TO LOWER GEAR UNTIL PROPELLERS HIT RUNWAY, PULLED UP, DROPPED GEAR AND LANDED WITHOUT GO AROUND.