- Date
- August 26, 1971
- Place
- Crystal River, FL · CRYSTAL RIVER, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5479UBeech 56TC
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163136
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3191 71/8/26 CRYSTAL RIVER,FLA BEECH 56TC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1135 N5479U PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS 35, 8617 TOTAL HOURS, 15 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRYSTAL RIVER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OCALA,FLA CRYSTAL RIVER,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5479U
- Reported as
- Beech 56TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Crystal River
N5479URegistration cancelled Aug 15, 2013 · Beech 56TCAirframe modelBeech 56TCEngine modelLycoming TI0-541 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.
Other investigations on N5479U · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.