26.1223° N, 80.1434° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Lauderdale, FL, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 23, 1982 · 09:45 local
Place
Ft Lauderdale, FL
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9409S
Reported as
Beech 35C33
Reported engine
Continental IO470K
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,100 total200 in this make and model0 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 landed gear up. Clock wiring on fire. Smoke in cockpit. Rivet sheared in gear down flag. Believed gear down.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT LANDED GEAR UP. CLOCK WIRING ON FIRE. SMOKE IN COCKPIT. RIVET SHEARED IN GEAR DOWN FLAG. BELIEVED GEAR DOWN.