- Date
- January 15, 1969
- Place
- Needles, CA · NEEDLES, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N107TCBeech S35
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191748
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0415 69/1/15 NEEDLES,CALIF BEECH S35 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 1010 TIME - 1158 N107TC PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 170 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEEDLES TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BINDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM REMARKS- R GR UP LOCK ROLLER BINDING,RETRACT ROD FAILED.WHEEL WELLS COATED WITH MUD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N107TC
- Reported as
- Beech S35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Needles