- Date
- December 9, 1965
- Place
- Crossville, TN · CROSSVILLE, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5438DBeechcraft H35
- Status
- Completed · report January 6, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174648
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3418 65/12/9 CROSSVILLE TENN BEECHCRAFT H35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 900 TIME - 1655 N5438D PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 450 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CROSSVILLE TENN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: MOTORS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- LANDING GEAR MOTOR FAILED. PILOT FAILED TO PROPERLY EXTEND WITH EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5438D
- Reported as
- Beechcraft H35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Crossville Tenn
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