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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech E18S · Greeley, CO · December 31, 1981

Date
December 31, 1981 · 16:00 local
Place
Greeley, CO
Airport
Weld Co
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N38219
Reported as
Beech E18S
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R985AN14B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,500 total2,300 in this make and model80 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.

Unable to extend gear. Used improper manual extension. Gear collapsed landing. Manual gear system also defective.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO EXTEND GEAR. USED IMPROPER MANUAL EXTENSION. GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING. MANUAL GEAR SYSTEM ALSO DEFECTIVE.