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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A45 · Houston, TX · August 1, 1986

Date
August 1, 1986 · 11:15 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
West Houston
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N76RW
Reported as
Beech A45
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,858 total65 in this make and model75 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.

Attention diverted by pattern traffic. Pilot failed to lower gear for landing. Landed gear up.

As the FAA filed it

ATTENTION DIVERTED BY PATTERN TRAFFIC. PILOT FAILED TO LOWER GEAR FOR LANDING. LANDED GEAR UP.