IAD74II026

NTSB incident investigation · Beech D18S · Knoxville, TN · November 14, 1973

Incident · No injuriesClosed
Date
November 14, 1973
Place
Knoxville, TN · KNOXVILLE, TN
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Aircraft
N3556CBeech D18S
Status
Completed · report December 19, 1973
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
187742

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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5-0028  73/11/14   KNOXVILLE,TENN      BEECH D18S          CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE UNK/NR,
        TIME - 0321                    N3556C              PX-  0  0  0  COMMUTER AIR CARRIER      UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D        UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MCGHEE-TYSON
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          MEMPHIS,TENN                RETURN                       KNOXVILLE,TENN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE
        REMARKS- NO GR MALFUNCTION FOUND.

Aircraft

Registration
N3556C
Reported as
Beech D18S
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Minor damage
Airport
Mcghee-Tyson

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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