- Date
- August 10, 1969
- Place
- Santa Ana, CA · SANTA ANA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8968ABeech C35
- Status
- Completed · report October 23, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 170367
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2395 69/8/10 SANTA ANA,CALIF BEECH C35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 349 TIME - 1610 N8968A PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 147 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ORANGE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAWTHORNE,CALIF SANTA ANA,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8968A
- Reported as
- Beech C35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Orange County
N8968ARegistration cancelled May 6, 2002 · Beech C35Airframe modelBeech C35Engine modelContinental E225 series
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