19851005063559I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech J35 · Visalia, CA · October 5, 1985

Date
October 5, 1985 · 09:55 local
Place
Visalia, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N571B
Reported as
Beech J35
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
700 total2 in this make and model1 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.

Landing gear handle selected down and occupants felt aircraft slow. Gear was only partially extended for landing.

As the FAA filed it

LANDING GEAR HANDLE SELECTED DOWN AND OCCUPANTS FELT AIRCRAFT SLOW. GEAR WAS ONLY PARTIALLY EXTENDED FOR LANDING.