- Date
- December 5, 1973
- Place
- Crestview, FL · CRESTVIEW, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N741HBeech 65-80
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731205040779A
- Case key
- 187590
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3771 73/12/5 CRESTVIEW,FLA BEECH 65-80 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1622 N741H PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC AGE 32, 3743 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 68 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOB SIKES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PENSACOLA,FLA CRESTVIEW,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- PLT RPTD UNUSUAL SOUND WHEN GR WAS RETRACTED AFTR TKOF.NOSE STRUT ATTACH SEC TORN OUT BRACKETS BKN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N741H
- Reported as
- Beech 65-80
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bob Sikes
N741HRegistration cancelled Oct 19, 2012 · Beech 65-80Airframe modelBeech 65-80Engine modelLycoming IGSO-540-B1A
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N741H · 1
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