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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Beech 35 · New Bedford, MA · October 13, 2014

Date
October 13, 2014 · 11:35 local
Place
New Bedford, MA
Airport
New Bedford
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2923C
Reported as
Beech 35
Reported engine
Continental E185 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
5,600 total1,500 in this make and model13 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.

Pilot was attacked in the face by a yellow jacket bee. He hurried to land and failed to lower the landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS ATTACKED IN THE FACE BY A YELLOW JACKET BEE. HE HURRIED TO LAND AND FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR.