- Date
- March 15, 1979
- Place
- Louisville, KY · LOUISVILLE, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N80204Beech D-18S
- Status
- Completed · report July 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790315020199A
- Case key
- 137207
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1956 79/3/15 LOUISVILLE,KY BEECH D-18S CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 16000 TIME - 1215 N80204 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STANDIFORD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOUISVILLE,KY EVANSVILLE,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80204
- Reported as
- Beech D-18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Standiford
N80204Registration cancelled May 14, 2013 · Beech D18SAirframe modelBeech D18SEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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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.