- Date
- December 26, 1978
- Place
- Roswell, NM · ROSWELL, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5740KBeech D95A
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781226020559I
- Case key
- 137975
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4183 78/12/26 ROSWELL,NM BEECH D95A CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2022 N5740K PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS 35, 9000 TOTAL HOURS, 90 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROSWELL INDUST DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EL PASO,TX ROSWELL,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5740K
- Reported as
- Beech D95A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Roswell Indust
N5740KRegistration cancelled Aug 8, 2023 · Beech D95AAirframe modelBeech D95AEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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Other investigations on N5740K · 1
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