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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech M35 · Lynchburg, VA · April 12, 1997

Date
April 12, 1997 · 11:55 local
Place
Lynchburg, VA
Airport
Lynchburg Municipal-Preston Glenn
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5414D
Reported as
Beech M35
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 in this make and model50 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.

Narrative: the pilot tried to extend the landing gear normal. The motor failed, and the gear would not extend normal. The pilot did not attempt emergency extension. The landing gear failed to reach down and locked and folded on landing. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT TRIED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR NORMAL. THE MOTOR FAILED, AND THE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND NORMAL. THE PILOT DID NOT ATTEMPT EMERGENCY EXTENSION. THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO REACH DOWN AND LOCKED AND FOLDED ON LANDING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^