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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech E-55 · Lawrence, MA · March 11, 1992

Date: March 11, 1992 · 18:48 local
Place: Lawrence, MA
Airport: Lawrence Municipal
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N111MA
Reported as: Beech E55
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,000 total300 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

N111MARegistered now · Beech E-55S/N TE-1170 Airframe modelBeech E-55 Engine modelContinental IO-520 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.

Unable to lock right gear down. Pilot elected to land gear up. Gear was not properly rigged.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO LOCK RIGHT GEAR DOWN. PILOT ELECTED TO LAND GEAR UP. GEAR WAS NOT PROPERLY RIGGED.