- Date
- April 16, 1965
- Place
- Homestead, FL · HOMESTEAD, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4538VBeechcraft 35
- Status
- Completed · report November 18, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178574
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2898 65/4/16 HOMESTEAD FLA BEECHCRAFT 35 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 3000 TIME - 1310 N4538V PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 203 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOMESTEAD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- LEFT GEAR PUSH PULL ROD P/N 35-815127-2L FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4538V
- Reported as
- Beechcraft 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Homestead
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