- Date
- July 4, 1966
- Place
- Willits, CA · WILLITS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4597DBeech G35
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122250
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3416 66/7/4 WILLITS CALIF BEECH G35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 3000 TIME - 1950 N4597D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELLS FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS REMARKS- GEAR DOWN INDICATOR LIGHT BURNED OUT.GEAR WARNING HORN INOPERATIVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4597D
- Reported as
- Beech G35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ells Field
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