- Date
- October 10, 1978
- Place
- Amarillo, TX · AMARILLO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N36MSBeech C18S
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781010039039A
- Case key
- 143953
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3290 78/10/10 AMARILLO,TX BEECH C18S CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, 607 TIME - 1830 N36MS PX- 0 0 0 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 53 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRADEWIND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AMARILLO,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY REMARKS- PILOT MECHANIC FOUND TINFOIL FROM GUM WRAPPER ACROSS LANDING GEAR SWITCH TERMINALS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36MS
- Reported as
- Beech C18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tradewind
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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.