- Date
- July 4, 1974
- Place
- Utica, MI · UTICA, MI
- Injuries
- 11 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1111DBeech D18
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740704025599A
- Case key
- 130183
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2327 74/7/4 UTICA,MICH BEECH D18 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 1575 TIME - 1135 N1111D PX- 0 0 10 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BERZ-MCCOMB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UTICA,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STUCK REMARKS- LDG GR SAFETY SWITCH STUCK IN CLOSED PSN.NO BATTERY PWR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1111D
- Reported as
- Beech D18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Berz-Mccomb
N1111DRegistration cancelled Oct 11, 2012 · Beech D18SAirframe modelBeech D18SEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.