47.5025° N, 111.3000° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Great Falls, MT, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 20, 1986 · 07:38 local
Place
Great Falls, MT
Airport
Havre City
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
CXGA
Aircraft
N62JL
Reported as
Cessna 340CESSNA
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,500 total800 in this make and model350 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 would not retract after takeoff. Flight returned and squat switch was adjusted. Corrected problem.
As the FAA filed it
LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF. FLIGHT RETURNED AND SQUAT SWITCH WAS ADJUSTED. CORRECTED PROBLEM.