- Date
- December 5, 1979
- Place
- San Jose, CA · SAN JOSE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N391BBeech H35
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791205032209A
- Case key
- 134868
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2834 79/12/5 SAN JOSE,CA BEECH H35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 1481 TIME - 1030 N391B PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 319 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REID-HILLVIEW DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA CRUZ,CA SAN JOSE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR REMARKS- PLT STATED-SAW UNSAFE GEAR LGT DRG LNDG ROLL & INADVERTENTLY CYCLED GEAR SW.NO ACFT PROBLEM FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N391B
- Reported as
- Beech H35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Reid-Hillview
N391BRegistration cancelled Nov 14, 2012 · Beech H35Airframe modelBeech H35Engine modelContinental O-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N391B · 1
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