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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech E18S · Bloomington, IL · December 15, 1983

Date
December 15, 1983 · 18:19 local
Place
Bloomington, IL
Airport
Bloomington Norma
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5626D
Reported as
Beech E18S
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R985AN14B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total75 in this make and model35 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.

Failed to note gear not fully down for landing. Tower warning late. Gear collapsed on landing. Gear horn silent.

As the FAA filed it

FAILED TO NOTE GEAR NOT FULLY DOWN FOR LANDING. TOWER WARNING LATE. GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. GEAR HORN SILENT.