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.
A gear swing was performed by jet aviation on 4/15/99. Privacy data omitted privacy data omitted this prevented the gear from coming down fully and locking into position. The pilot/owner removed a panel previously and inadvertantly a hand-held mic must have fallen into the mechanism.
As the FAA filed it
A GEAR SWING WAS PERFORMED BY JET AVIATION ON 4/15/99. PRIVACY DATA OMITTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS PREVENTED THE GEAR FROM COMING DOWN FULLY AND LOCKING INTO POSITION. THE PILOT/OWNER REMOVED A PANEL PREVIOUSLY AND INADVERTANTLY A HAND-HELD MIC MUST HAVE FALLEN INTO THE MECHANISM.
Other reports on N5856S · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.