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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech F35 · Charleston, WV · May 28, 1985

Date
May 28, 1985 · 09:05 local
Place
Charleston, WV
Airport
Kanawha County
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N488
Reported as
Beech F35
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total800 in this make and model20 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.

Gear would not retract after takeoff. Safe return landing. Gear strut flat, resulted in squat switch not closing.

As the FAA filed it

GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF. SAFE RETURN LANDING. GEAR STRUT FLAT, RESULTED IN SQUAT SWITCH NOT CLOSING.