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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 340CESSNA · Hattiesburg, MS · August 7, 1988

Date
August 7, 1988 · 14:15 local
Place
Hattiesburg, MS
Airport
Bobby L Chain Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N69507
Reported as
Cessna 340CESSNA
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
482 total3 in this make and model3 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.

Acft had electrical failure. Mistakenly cranked gear up instead of down and landed. Alternator switches set at off.

As the FAA filed it

ACFT HAD ELECTRICAL FAILURE. MISTAKENLY CRANKED GEAR UP INSTEAD OF DOWN AND LANDED. ALTERNATOR SWITCHES SET AT OFF.