- Date
- January 29, 1973
- Place
- Charlottesvile, VA · CHARLOTTESVILE, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N51LSwearingen SA26AT
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730129001889A
- Case key
- 169933
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0323 73/1/29 CHARLOTTESVILE,VA SWEARINGEN SA26AT CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1430 N51L PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC 47, 10599 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 910 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHARLOTTESVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CHARLOTTESVILE,VA WILMINGTON,NC HOUSTON,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR REMARKS- LDG GR HANDLE FOUND IN UP PSN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51L
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA26AT
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Charlottesville
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.