- Date
- December 27, 1976
- Place
- Charleston, SC · CHARLESTON, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N535QBeech D55
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761227039729A
- Case key
- 157109
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4041 76/12/27 CHARLESTON,SC BEECH D55 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 4840 TIME - 1333 N535Q PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1200 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHARLESTON MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TETERBORO,NJ CHARLESTON,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: MOTORS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BURNED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY REMARKS- UNABLE TO LOWER GEAR WITH HANDCRANK BECAUSE MOTOR BURNED ARMATURE MECHANISM. LNDD ON FOAMED RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N535Q
- Reported as
- Beech D55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Charleston Muni
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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.