- Date
- January 20, 1973
- Place
- Grand Rapids, MI · GRAND RAPIDS, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5240CBeech B35
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730120003409A
- Case key
- 169843
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0473 73/1/20 GRAND RAPIDS,MICH BEECH B35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 41, 45 TOTAL TIME - 1819 N5240C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KENT COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP GRAND RAPIDS,MICH LOCAL GRAND RAPIDS,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR REMARKS- PLT FLIPPED SWITCH TO TURN ON LDG LGTS-GEAR RETRACTED.LGT SWITCH NEXT TO GR SWITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5240C
- Reported as
- Beech B35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kent County
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5240C · 1
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