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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A45 · Ellensburg, WA · September 16, 1988

Date: September 16, 1988 · 10:00 local
Place: Ellensburg, WA
Airport: Bowers
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N659K
Reported as: Beech A45
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,500 total2,000 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N659KRegistered now · Beech A45S/N G-830 · Built 1955 Airframe modelBeech A45 Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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.

Landed with gear partly extended. Pilot may have misread landing gear indicating system. Exhaust stack damaged.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED WITH GEAR PARTLY EXTENDED. PILOT MAY HAVE MISREAD LANDING GEAR INDICATING SYSTEM. EXHAUST STACK DAMAGED.