- Date
- September 22, 1965
- Place
- New Castle, DE · NEW CASTLE, DE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2943VBeechcraft 35
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175631
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2802 65/9/22 NEW CASTLE DEL BEECHCRAFT 35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 485 TIME - 1155 N2943V PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 390 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRTR WILMINGTON 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) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT DOOR/PANEL OPEN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2943V
- Reported as
- Beechcraft 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grtr Wilmington
N2943VRegistration cancelled Jun 4, 1976 · Beech 35Airframe modelBeech 35Engine modelContinental E185 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.