19850104015529I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech B35 · Del Rio, TX · January 4, 1985

Date
January 4, 1985 · 18:50 local
Place
Del Rio, TX
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5122C
Reported as
Beech B35
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
796 total250 in this make and model9 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.

As pilot activated landing light he bumped gear switch. Landed gear up. Switch lock failed, indicator light inop.

As the FAA filed it

AS PILOT ACTIVATED LANDING LIGHT HE BUMPED GEAR SWITCH. LANDED GEAR UP. SWITCH LOCK FAILED, INDICATOR LIGHT INOP.