- Date
- June 29, 1974
- Place
- Sand Pt, AK · SAND PT, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5075EAero Comdr 500-S
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 132535
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0019 74/6/29 SAND PT,ALAS AERO COMDR 500-S CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1630 N5075E PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG 43, 7900 TOTAL HOURS, 64 DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - SAND POINT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DUTCH HARBOR,ALAS SAND PT,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. REMARKS- RAISED GR INSTEAD OF FLAPS.DEFECTIVE SQUAT SWITCH ALLOWED GR TO RETRACT ON GROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5075E
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 500-S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Sand Point
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Other investigations on N5075E · 2
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