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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech S35 · Greenwood, SC · April 27, 1983

Date: April 27, 1983 · 12:09 local
Place: Greenwood, SC
Airport: Co
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5839S
Reported as: Beech S35
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,000 total1 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

N5839SRegistered now · Beech S35S/N D-7736 · Built 1964 Airframe modelBeech S35 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.

Landed gear up. Door had opened on takeoff. Returned to secure door. Forgot the gear.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED GEAR UP. DOOR HAD OPENED ON TAKEOFF. RETURNED TO SECURE DOOR. FORGOT THE GEAR.