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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 411 · Tracy, CA · January 26, 1984

Date
January 26, 1984 · 12:15 local
Place
Tracy, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4982T
Reported as
Cessna 411
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO520C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,100 total750 in this make and model23 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.

Pilots right artificial hand fell off as he activated the gear switch. Failed to note switch was in middle position

As the FAA filed it

PILOTS RIGHT ARTIFICIAL HAND FELL OFF AS HE ACTIVATED THE GEAR SWITCH. FAILED TO NOTE SWITCH WAS IN MIDDLE POSITION