- Date
- August 19, 1973
- Place
- El Cajon, CA · EL CAJON, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7983DBeech H35
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730819026399A
- Case key
- 189011
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2762 73/8/19 EL CAJON,CALIF BEECH H35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 708 TIME - 2005 N7983D PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 148 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GILLESPIE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LUNING,NEV SAN DIEGO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT REMARKS- GEN BELT.PLT DIDNT HAND CRANK TO STOPS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7983D
- Reported as
- Beech H35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gillespie
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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.