- Date
- September 8, 1966
- Place
- Merritt Isl., FL · MERRITT ISL., FL
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N601FBeech 65-80
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120424
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4021 66/9/8 MERRITT ISL. FLA BEECH 65-80 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1515 N601F PX- 0 0 6 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 49, 18000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 760 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CENTRAL-BREVARD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- TORQUE TRANSFER TUBE FAILED.AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH NOSE GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N601F
- Reported as
- Beech 65-80
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Central-Brevard
N601FRegistration cancelled Apr 25, 2013 · Beech 65-80Airframe modelBeech 65-80Engine modelLycoming IGSO-540-B1A
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.