# Incident 19961218042779I: Beech 58, Portland, ME, December 18, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1996, 09:08 local time
- Place: Portland, ME
- Airport: Portland International Jetport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: IGXA
- Location: 43.6456° N, 70.3086° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND INTL JETPORT (PWM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6456&lon=-70.3086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53RD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,700 total, 110 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961218042779I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

MISSED FIRST APPROACH. MADE ANOTHER OPPOSITE DIRECTION.DISTRACTED BY CHANGE, RAISED GEAR INSTEAD OF FLAPS ON ROLL.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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