- Date
- July 7, 1970
- Place
- Wichita, KS · WICHITA, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8540MBeech 95-B55
- Status
- Completed · report April 26, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114077
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2815 70/7/7 WICHITA,KANS BEECH 95-B55 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 59, 2056 TIME - 1625 N8540M PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1063 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WICHITA MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN ANTONIO,TEX WICHITA,KANS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR REMARKS- NO DAMAGE TO NOSE OR MAIN GEAR EXTEND-RETRACT MECHANISM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8540M
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wichita Municipal
N8540MRegistered now · Beech 95-B55 (T42A)Airframe modelBeech 95-B55 (T42A)Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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