- Date
- August 24, 1973
- Place
- Amarillo, TX · AMARILLO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N236SBeech S35
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730824030589A
- Case key
- 189038
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2696 73/8/24 AMARILLO,TEX BEECH S35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 601 TIME - 1615 N236S PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 325 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRADEWINDS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AMARILLO,TEX DIMMITT,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT'S ATTN DIVERTD BY MALFNCTN CABIN AIR VENTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N236S
- Reported as
- Beech S35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tradewinds
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N236S · 1
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