- Date
- August 10, 1974
- Place
- Georgetown, SC · GEORGETOWN, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N48CBeech A55
- Status
- Completed · report October 18, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740810025909A
- Case key
- 136667
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2972 74/8/10 GEORGETOWN,SC BEECH A55 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1500 N48C PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 53, 15000 TOTAL HOURS, 62 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GEORGETOWN COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GEORGETOWN,SC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. REMARKS- LDG GR SAFETY SWITCH FAILED TO PREVENT GR FM RETRACTING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48C
- Reported as
- Beech A55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Georgetown County
N48CRegistration cancelled Aug 13, 2013 · Beech 95-A55Airframe modelBeech 95-A55Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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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 N48C · 1
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