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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 65-90 · Rome, GA · June 16, 1996

Date: June 16, 1996 · 11:20 local
Place: Rome, GA
Airport: Richard B Russell
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N75368
Reported as: Beech 6590
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,480 total35 in this make and model52 in the last 90 days

N75368Registration cancelled Aug 13, 2013 · Beech 65-90S/N LJ-75 · Built 1965 Airframe modelBeech 65-90 Engine modelPratt & Whitney PT6A seriesTurbo-prop

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.

Narrative: on June 16, 1996, king air aircraft N75368 piloted by owner john buffey landed on runway 14 at Russell airport, Rome, GA with the landing wheels not secured in the "down" position. The pilot had just taken off minutes before and taken parachute jumper to altitude for their jump. There were no passengers on landing. No injuries to the pilot. The aircraft received substantial damage.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON JUNE 16, 1996, KING AIR AIRCRAFT N75368 PILOTED BY OWNER JOHN BUFFEY LANDED ON RUNWAY 14 AT RUSSELL AIRPORT, ROME, GA WITH THE LANDING WHEELS NOT SECURED IN THE "DOWN" POSITION. THE PILOT HAD JUST TAKEN OFF MINUTES BEFORE AND TAKEN PARACHUTE JUMPER TO ALTITUDE FOR THEIR JUMP. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ON LANDING. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.