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Incident

FAA incident report · Bag JETSTM3101 · Sioux City, IA · May 3, 1989

Date
May 3, 1989 · 06:47 local
Place
Sioux City, IA
Airport
Sioux Gateway
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
REXA
Aircraft
N332PX
Reported as
Bag JETSTM3101
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,151 total2,695 in this make and model296 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.

Unable to retract gear after takeoff. Returned. Replaced broken squat switch plunger.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO RETRACT GEAR AFTER TAKEOFF. RETURNED. REPLACED BROKEN SQUAT SWITCH PLUNGER.