- Date
- December 4, 1978
- Place
- Ft Pierce, FL · FT PIERCE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N97ABSwearingen SAT226
- Status
- Completed · report May 29, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781204044809A
- Case key
- 138060
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4311 78/12/4 FT PIERCE,FL SWEARINGEN SAT226 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1420 N97AB PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC 34, 6900 TOTAL HOURS, 60 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FT PIERCE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT LAUDERDALE,FL FT PIERCE,FL 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
- N97AB
- Reported as
- Swearingen SAT226
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ft Pierce
N97ABRegistration cancelled May 24, 2013 · Swearingen SA-226TAirframe modelSwearingen SA-226TEngine modelAiResearch 331 SER 605HP
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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.