- Date
- March 9, 1979
- Place
- Visalia, CA · VISALIA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N44DCBeech D55
- Status
- Completed · report April 12, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790309004389A
- Case key
- 137882
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0294 79/3/9 VISALIA,CA BEECH D55 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 3500 TIME - 1430 N44DC PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 2500 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VISALIA MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORTERVILLE,CA VISALIA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44DC
- Reported as
- Beech D55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Visalia Municipal
N44DCRegistration cancelled Jan 11, 2025 · Beech D55Airframe modelBeech D55Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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Other investigations on N44DC · 1
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