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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech E18S · Pittsburgh, PA · August 15, 1990

Date
August 15, 1990 · 21:35 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
Greater Pittsburgh International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
AGYA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N136JJ
Reported as
Beech E18S
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,800 total600 in this make and model80 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.

Pilot may have accidentally hit gear handle with his knee on approach. Landed gear up. Resulting fire extinguished.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MAY HAVE ACCIDENTALLY HIT GEAR HANDLE WITH HIS KNEE ON APPROACH. LANDED GEAR UP. RESULTING FIRE EXTINGUISHED.