- Date
- November 16, 1968
- Place
- Palm Springs, CA · PALM SPRINGS, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N446BBeech 35
- Status
- Completed · report February 17, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107695
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4398 68/11/16 PALM SPRINGS,CAL BEECH 35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 149 TIME - 1930 N446B PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 78 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALM SPRINGS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR REMARKS- REACHED FOR LNDG LTS,HIT LNDG GR SWITCH INSTEAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N446B
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Palm Springs
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