- Date
- June 8, 1986, 09:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Guntersville, AL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N326JRAero Commander 500-B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860608022029A
- Case key
- 7123
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - in flight
Aircraft handling - improperCause
Proper climb rate - not maintainedCause
Gear retraction - prematureCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - runway
Wheels up landing - improperCause
Analysis
The plt allowed the aircraft to settle back onto the runway shortly after liftoff from the runway after having already retracted the landing gear. The aircraft landed with the landing gear retracted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N326JR
- Reported as
- Aero Commander 500-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3058
- Airframe hours
- 5,000
- Engine
- Continental IO-540-E1B5, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gary V. Robbins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 12, 1986
- Departed
- 8A1 · Guntersville, AL
- Destination
- MYAF · Andros Town, OF
- Airport
- 8A1 · Gunthersville, runway 20, 3,360 × 95 ft
N326JRRegistration cancelled Mar 11, 2009 · Aero Commander 500 SAirframe modelAero Commander 500 SEngine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 900 total · 64 in this make and model · 748 as pilot in command · 83 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.