- Date
- January 31, 1967
- Place
- Palm Sprgs, CA · PALM SPRGS, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N622LABeech K35
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118760
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0301 67/1/31 PALM SPRGS CALIF BEECH K35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 275 TIME - 1300 N622LA PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALM SPRINGS MUNI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND BLOWING SAND RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 50 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- RT.QUARTERING HEAD WIND 50 DEGREES 50 KNOTS,GUSTING TO 75 KNOTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N622LA
- Reported as
- Beech K35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Palm Springs Muni
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