- Date
- October 24, 1973
- Place
- Paducah, KY · PADUCAH, KY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N975BBeech 35-A33
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731024034789A
- Case key
- 187899
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3846 73/10/24 PADUCAH,KY BEECH 35-A33 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 367 TIME - 1237 N975B PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 228 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BARKLEY FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KNOXVILLE,TENN PADUCAH,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: BATTERIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE REMARKS- EMGCY GR EXTN REQUIRES 50 CRANK ROTATIONS,PLT DIDNT COUNT TURNS.DEAD BATTERY PVTD REG ACTUATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N975B
- Reported as
- Beech 35-A33
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Barkley Field
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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.