- Date
- August 21, 1969
- Place
- San Antonio, TX · SAN ANTONIO, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N97DSwearingen SA26AT
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163443
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3628 69/8/21 SAN ANTONIO,TEX SWEARINGEN SA26AT CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1845 N97D PX- 0 0 1 TEST 33, 6861 TOTAL HOURS, 172 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - INTERNATIONAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN ANTONIO,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LDG GR ACTUATOR SWITCH COULD BE ACTUATED UP BY SLIGHT PRESSURE WITHOUT RELEASING IT FROM DETENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97D
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA26AT
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- International