- Date
- August 16, 1978
- Place
- Hickory, NC · HICKORY, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N526QBeech D-55
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780816026409A
- Case key
- 140037
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2177 78/8/16 HICKORY,NC BEECH D-55 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1530 N526Q PX- 0 0 0 CHECK AGE 47, 8355 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 700 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HICKORY MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HICKORY,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N526Q
- Reported as
- Beech D-55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hickory Municipal
N526QRegistration cancelled Oct 31, 2020 · Beech D55Airframe modelBeech D55Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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