- Date
- January 2, 1973
- Place
- Bermuda Dns, CA · BERMUDA DNS, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N12WTCessna 411
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730102000839A
- Case key
- 169703
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0145 73/1/2 BERMUDA DNS,CALIF CESSNA 411 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1130 N12WT PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS AGE 34, 5853 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 633 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BERMUDA DUNES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONG BEACH,CALIF BERMUDA DNS,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: OTHER REMARKS- ANTIRETRACTION SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED.MISTOOK GR SWITCH FOR FLAP HANDLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12WT
- Reported as
- Cessna 411
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bermuda Dunes
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N12WT · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.