- Date
- May 29, 1968
- Place
- S.Luis Obispo, CA · S.LUIS OBISPO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N543PJBeech 35
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115026
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1689 68/5/29 S.LUIS OBISPO,CAL BEECH 35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 1824 TIME - 1728 N543PJ PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 178 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN LUIS OBISPO 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: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- GENERATOR INOPERATIVE. PLT DID NOT USE EMERGENCY GEAR SYSTEM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N543PJ
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Luis Obispo
N543PJRegistration cancelled Apr 9, 2013 · 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.