- Date
- February 19, 1973
- Place
- Truckee, CA · TRUCKEE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9038SBeech 95B55
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730219002969A
- Case key
- 170044
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0269 73/2/19 TRUCKEE,CALIF BEECH 95B55 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 881 TIME - 1515 N9038S PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 168 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRUCKEE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TRUCKEE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE REMARKS- PREVIOUSLY BENT NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR ROD PREVENTED EXTENSION AND DOWN LOCK OF NOSE GEAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9038S
- Reported as
- Beech 95B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Truckee
N9038SRegistered now · Beech 95-B55 (T42A)Airframe modelBeech 95-B55 (T42A)Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.