19851012076809I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech D17S · Shelbyville, IN · October 12, 1985

Date
October 12, 1985 · 17:30 local
Place
Shelbyville, IN
Airport
Solenburg
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N18785
Reported as
Beech D17S
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,750 total2 in this make and model30 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 locked down and landed. Gear collapsed. Gear motor burned out. Not properly checked out.

As the FAA filed it

FAILED TO NOTE GEAR NOT LOCKED DOWN AND LANDED. GEAR COLLAPSED. GEAR MOTOR BURNED OUT. NOT PROPERLY CHECKED OUT.