CHI81IA075

NTSB incident investigation · Beech 18 · Detroit, MI · July 11, 1981

Incident · No injuriesClosed
Date
July 11, 1981
Place
Detroit, MI · DETROIT, MI
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N355CBeech 18
Status
Completed · report July 25, 1981
Report
Brief approved by the director
FAA report
19810711044939I
Case key
123605

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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5-0041  81/7/11    DETROIT,MI          BEECH 18            CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0015                    N355C               PX-  0  0  0  NS CTR CARGO              43, 14070 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            1502 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DETROIT METRO
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ASHEVILLE,GA                DETROIT,MI
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR

Aircraft

Registration
N355C
Reported as
Beech 18
Category
Airplane
Engine
turbo prop
Damage
Minor damage
Airport
Detroit Metro

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FAA reports on this event · 1

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