- Date
- May 2, 1979
- Place
- Big Spring, TX · BIG SPRING, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8541MBeechcraft P35
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790502007339A
- Case key
- 136515
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0593 79/5/2 BIG SPRING,TX BEECHCRAFT P35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 575 TIME - 1045 N8541M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 131 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIG SPRING DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LUBBOCK,TX BIG SPRING,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT REMARKS- WARNING HORN SYSTEM OUT OF ADJUSTMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8541M
- Reported as
- Beechcraft P35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Big Spring
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.