- Date
- May 3, 1971
- Place
- Hillsdale, MI · HILLSDALE, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N320BBeech H-35
- Status
- Completed · report January 7, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161655
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1518 71/5/3 HILLSDALE,MICH BEECH H-35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 632 TIME - 1630 N320B PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 170 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HILLSDALE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HILLSDALE,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- NORMAL LDG,NS GR COLLAPSED DRNG LAST PART OF ROLLOUT.NS GR RETRACT ROD END FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N320B
- Reported as
- Beech H-35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hillsdale
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