- Date
- March 11, 1970
- Place
- Van Wert, OH · VAN WERT, OH
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N2755BAero Comdr 680W
- Status
- Completed · report October 5, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 137572
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1156 70/3/11 VAN WERT,OHIO AERO COMDR 680W CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1800 N2755B PX- 0 0 3 CORP/EXEC 57, 20860 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 288 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VAN WERT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PEORIA,ILL VAN WERT,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR REMARKS- T/O CHECK LIST BEING CONDUCTED.PLT UNLOCKED MECHANICAL BAR,PUT GR HANDLE IN UP POSITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2755B
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 680W
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Van Wert
N2755BRegistration cancelled Aug 8, 2006 · Aero Commander 680WAirframe modelAero Commander 680WEngine modelAiResearch TPE331 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.