- Date
- January 5, 1969
- Place
- Lansing, MI · LANSING, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N888SMBeech F35
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191594
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0172 69/1/5 LANSING,MICH BEECH F35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 1926 TIME - 1733 N888SM PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1305 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAPITAL CITY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- PLT TOOK OFF WITH INOPERATIVE GEN. FAILED TO LOCK GR OVER CENTER BY HANDCRANK. GR LTS DIDNT SHOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N888SM
- Reported as
- Beech F35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Capital City
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Other investigations on N888SM · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.