- Date
- August 23, 1969
- Place
- Spirit Lake, IA · SPIRIT LAKE, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N171HBeech S35
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160379
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3531 69/8/23 SPIRIT LAKE,IOWA BEECH S35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 64, 1200 TIME - 1030 N171H PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 700 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPIRIT LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHENANDOAH,IOWA SPIRIT LAKE,IOWA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N171H
- Reported as
- Beech S35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Spirit Lake
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