- Date
- July 25, 1979
- Place
- Ft Wood, MO · FT WOOD, MO
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3785BBeech E18S
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790725022079A
- Case key
- 134305
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3125 79/7/25 FT WOOD,MO BEECH E18S CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2110 N3785B PX- 0 0 5 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 26, 2305 TOTAL HOURS, 490 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FORNEY AAF DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KAISER,MO FT WOOD,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELONGATED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- TUBE, MLG RETRACT MECHANISM, P/N8C4-188500-4 BROKEN,4 TAPER PINS LOOSE.INSP ITEM NOT SIGNED OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3785B
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Forney Aaf
N3785BRegistration cancelled Oct 2, 2014 · Beech E18SAirframe modelBeech E18SEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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Other investigations on N3785B · 1
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