- Date
- September 8, 1966
- Place
- Janesville, WI · JANESVILLE, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N156NABeech D18S
- Status
- Completed · report November 4, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121110
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2524 66/9/8 JANESVILLE WIS BEECH D18S CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0816 N156NA PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG 34, 6361 TOTAL HOURS, 850 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROCK COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GROUNDED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION REMARKS- GEAR SAFETY SWITCH IMPROPERLY ADJUSTED, GEAR SELECTOR SWITCH SHORTED BY UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N156NA
- Reported as
- Beech D18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rock County
N156NARegistration cancelled May 23, 2017 · Beech D18SAirframe modelBeech D18SEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 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.