- Date
- July 6, 1972
- Place
- Lansing, MI · LANSING, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N725MBeech D55
- Status
- Completed · report February 23, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117795
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2363 72/7/6 LANSING,MICH BEECH D55 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 3118 TIME - 1945 N725M PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 903 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAPITAL CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DOWAGIAC,MICH LANSING,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE REMARKS- MAINT FERRY,GR EXTDD,R GR SECURED WITH 1/2IN SOFT STEEL ROD.EXTDNG RODS DISCNCTD,PREVIOUS ACDNT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N725M
- Reported as
- Beech D55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Capital City
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