19800421009329A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech 9555 · Ft Myers, FL · April 21, 1980

Date
April 21, 1980 · 12:45 local
Place
Ft Myers, FL
Airport
Page
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1704W
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA80DLD59
Reported as
Beech 9555
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
664 total422 in this make and model25 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.

Began gear retraction on climbout with emergency gear handle engaged. Distractedpilot. Props & step hit runway.

As the FAA filed it

BEGAN GEAR RETRACTION ON CLIMBOUT WITH EMERGENCY GEAR HANDLE ENGAGED. DISTRACTEDPILOT. PROPS & STEP HIT RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.