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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech A36 · Cape Girardeau, MO · November 7, 1986

Date
November 7, 1986 · 11:26 local
Place
Cape Girardeau, MO
Airport
Cape Girardeau Municipal
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N9042W
Reported as
Beech A36
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total1,100 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.

Landing gear failed to fully retract on takeoff. Pilot manually lowered gear. Switch handle was improperly adjusted.

As the FAA filed it

LANDING GEAR FAILED TO FULLY RETRACT ON TAKEOFF. PILOT MANUALLY LOWERED GEAR.SWITCH HANDLE WAS IMPROPERLY ADJUSTED.