39.7357° N, 75.5321° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmington, DE, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 11, 1988 · 18:50 local
Place
Wilmington, DE
Airport
Greater Wilmington-New Castle
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N577L
Reported as
Beech 200BEECH
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A41
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,073 total301 in this make and model96 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.
Gear motor failed. Unsafe gear light. Unable to lower manually. Right wing settled on runway on landing.
As the FAA filed it
GEAR MOTOR FAILED. UNSAFE GEAR LIGHT. UNABLE TO LOWER MANUALLY. RIGHT WING SETTLED ON RUNWAY ON LANDING.