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NTSB accident investigation · Beech 65-80 · Concord, CA · October 26, 1977

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
October 26, 1977
Place
Concord, CA · CONCORD, CA
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N711DEBeech 65-80
Status
Completed · report December 9, 1977
Report
Brief approved by the director
FAA report
19771026034989A
Case key
144761

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3357  77/10/26   CONCORD,CA          BEECH 65-80         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 55, 7000
        TIME - 1700                    N711DE              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 240 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BUCHANAN FIELD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LODI,CA                     CONCORD,CA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - ENGINE ACCESSORIES: STARTERS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM
        REMARKS- STARTER SYS FAILURE RESULTED IN LOSS OF ELEC SYS,NORMAL/EMERG GEAR EXTENSION & INDICATORS.

Aircraft

Registration
N711DE
Reported as
Beech 65-80
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Buchanan Field

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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.