- Date
- January 4, 1970
- Place
- Meridianville, AL · MERIDIANVILLE, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8416ABeech A35
- Status
- Completed · report September 2, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 144465
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0831 70/1/4 MERIDIANVILLE,ALA BEECH A35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 1553 TIME - 0940 N8416A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 45 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NO.HUNTSVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HUNTSVILLE,ALA MERIDIANVILLE,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR REMARKS- MEANT TO RETRACT FLAPS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8416A
- Reported as
- Beech A35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- No.Huntsville
N8416ARegistration cancelled Mar 28, 2025 · Beech A35Airframe modelBeech A35Engine modelContinental E185 series
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