- Date
- April 17, 1981
- Place
- El Dorado, AR · EL DORADO, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N44WBeech C55
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810417017879A
- Case key
- 126174
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0659 81/4/17 EL DORADO,AR BEECH C55 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1620 N44W PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE AGE 33, 4388 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 218 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GOODWIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EL DORADO,AR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR REMARKS- PLT NORMALLY FLIES TWIN CESSNA THAT HAS DIFFERENT FLAP & GEAR HANDLE CONFIGURATIONS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44W
- Reported as
- Beech C55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Goodwin
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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