- Date
- May 29, 1971
- Place
- Willimantic, CT · WILLIMANTIC, CT
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8226DBeech 95
- Status
- Completed · report January 21, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161454
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1737 71/5/29 WILLIMANTIC,CONN BEECH 95 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 747 TIME - 1500 N8226D PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 132 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILLIMANTIC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILLIMANTIC,CONN MIDDLEBORO,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8226D
- Reported as
- Beech 95
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Willimantic
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