- Date
- January 16, 1967
- Place
- Van Nuys, CA · VAN NUYS, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8042HBeech C-18S
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119302
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0197 67/1/16 VAN NUYS,CALIF BEECH C-18S CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1639 N8042H PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 29, 4472 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VAN NUYS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- ANTI-RETRACTION GEAR-SAFETY-SWITCH OPERATION INTERMITTENT DUE TO CORROSION,DIRT,AND WORN PLUNGER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8042H
- Reported as
- Beech C-18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Van Nuys
N8042HRegistration cancelled Oct 6, 2014 · Beech C18SAirframe modelBeech C18SEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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.