- Date
- August 4, 1972
- Place
- Marion, IA · MARION, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7940DBeech H35
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168387
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3333 72/8/4 MARION,IOWA BEECH H35 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0725 N7940D PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 49, 11400 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 6900 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARION DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SPENCER,IOWA CEDAR RAPIDS,IOWA MARION,IOWA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS REMARKS- PLT RPRTD GR WARNING DID NOT OPERATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7940D
- Reported as
- Beech H35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Marion
N7940DRegistration cancelled May 21, 2014 · Beech H35Airframe modelBeech H35Engine modelContinental O-470 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.