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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech E50 · Fort Lauderdale, FL · July 8, 1987

Date
July 8, 1987 · 12:32 local
Place
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Airport
Fort Lauderdale Executive
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N123VS
Reported as
Beech E50
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,700 total5 in this make and model250 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.

Left engine surged, oil leak noted after liftoff. Returned. Gear collapsed on touchdown. Suspect late extension.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT ENGINE SURGED, OIL LEAK NOTED AFTER LIFTOFF. RETURNED. GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCHDOWN. SUSPECT LATE EXTENSION.