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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech S35 · Hamilton, OH · January 22, 1987

Date
January 22, 1987 · 09:30 local
Place
Hamilton, OH
Airport
Fairfield
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N5739K
Reported as
Beech S35
Reported engine
Continental IO520BA
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total1,200 in this make and model12 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.

Pilot distracted by rough engine forgot to extend landing gear before touchdown. Faulty magneto and gear horn inop.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DISTRACTED BY ROUGH ENGINE FORGOT TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR BEFORE TOUCHDOWN. FAULTY MAGNETO AND GEAR HORN INOP.