- Date
- February 17, 1980
- Place
- Houston, TX · HOUSTON, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N34RSBeech 95-A55
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800217002919A
- Case key
- 132321
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0161 80/2/17 HOUSTON,TX BEECH 95-A55 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 1000 TIME - 1645 N34RS PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 278 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOBBY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DEL RIO,TX HOUSTON,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM REMARKS- UPLOCK FROZEN,ACTUATOR ROD BENT INDICATING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34RS
- Reported as
- Beech 95-A55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hobby
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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.
Other investigations on N34RS · 1
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