SEA66F0135

NTSB accident investigation · Beechcraft K35 · Cottonwood, ID · August 28, 1965

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
August 28, 1965
Place
Cottonwood, ID · COTTONWOOD, ID
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Aircraft
N5387EBeechcraft K35
Status
Completed · report January 13, 1966
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
178927

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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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3-3477  65/8/28    COTTONWOOD ID       BEECHCRAFT K35      CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 65, 816
        TIME - 1230                    N5387E              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 801 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - COTTONWOOD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY

Aircraft

Registration
N5387E
Reported as
Beechcraft K35
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Cottonwood

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.