- Date
- October 21, 1973
- Place
- New Haven, CT · NEW HAVEN, CT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4ENBeech E55
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731021036059A
- Case key
- 188266
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3255 73/10/21 NEW HAVEN,CONN BEECH E55 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 63, 3122 TIME - 1010 N4EN PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 575 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TWEED DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DANBURY,CONN NEW HAVEN,CONN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACTUATOR RODS TO R MAIN LDG GR BENT.DMG RESULTED DRG RETRACT CYCLE GR IN PARTIAL RETRACT PSN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4EN
- Reported as
- Beech E55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tweed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.