- Date
- February 5, 1972
- Place
- Copperhill, TN · COPPERHILL, TN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5902CBeech C35
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165092
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0587 72/2/5 COPPERHILL,TENN BEECH C35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 189 TIME - 1150 N5902C PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 37 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COPPERHILL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GASTONIA,NC COPPERHILL,TENN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY REMARKS- LDG SWITCH P/N8905K818 WORN OUT.PWR ON APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5902C
- Reported as
- Beech C35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Copperhill
N5902CRegistration cancelled Feb 1, 2013 · Beech C35Airframe modelBeech C35Engine modelContinental E225 series
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.