FAA incident report · Cvac 240-17 · Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · May 30, 1998
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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Copilot trainee lifted the landing gear handle thinking that it was the flaps causing lt adn nose gear to collapse.
COPILOT TRAINEE LIFTED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE THINKING THAT IT WAS THE FLAPS CAUSING LT ADN NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE.