- Date
- April 21, 1980
- Place
- Ft.Myers, FL · FT.MYERS, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1704WBeech 95-B55
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800421009329A
- Case key
- 130808
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1009 80/4/21 FT.MYERS,FL BEECH 95-B55 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 664 TIME - 1245 N1704W PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 422 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PAGE FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT.MYERS,FL COLUMBIA,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- EMERG GEAR HNDL NOT DISENGAGED/STOWED BFR FLT.WHEN GEAR RAISED,HNDL DISTRACTED PLT,PROPS HIT RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1704W
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Page Field
N1704WRegistered now · Beech 95-B55 (T42A)Airframe modelBeech 95-B55 (T42A)Engine 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 N1704W · 1
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