- Date
- September 21, 1966
- Place
- Davenport, IA · DAVENPORT, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N87XBeech 35
- Status
- Completed · report March 8, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120388
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3785 66/9/21 DAVENPORT IOWA BEECH 35 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1545 N87X PX- 0 0 0 TEST AGE 51, 9000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 3000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DAVENPORT MUNI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - OPERATED CARELESSLY PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE REMARKS- GEAR HANDLE INADVERTENTLY LEFT IN UP POSITION DURING PREVIOUS RETRACTION CHECK BY PILOT/MECHANIC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87X
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Davenport Muni