- Date
- December 20, 1966
- Place
- Dallas, TX · DALLAS, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3317CBeech E35
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119928
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4126 66/12/20 DALLAS TEX BEECH E35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 4883 TIME - 0300 N3317C PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REDBIRD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR REMARKS- AS PILOT TURNED ON THE LEFT LANDING LIGHT HE INADVERTENTLY ACTIVATED THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3317C
- Reported as
- Beech E35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Redbird
N3317CRegistration cancelled Sep 10, 2012 · Beech E35Airframe modelBeech E35Engine modelContinental E225 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.
Other investigations on N3317C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.