# Incident 19811224085529I: Beech D50C, Des Moines, IA, December 24, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 1981, 12:44 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6005° N, 93.6091° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Des Moines, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6005&lon=-93.6091&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4JL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4JL-2019-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D50C (registry code 1152520, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d50c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GO-480 series (registry code 41527, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-480-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D50C
- Reported engine: LYC GO480G2D6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811224085529I

## Narrative

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

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

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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