- Date
- October 29, 1966
- Place
- Thom Falls, MT · THOM FALLS, MT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N80415Beech 35
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178771
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4229 66/10/29 THOM FALLS MONT BEECH 35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 1000 TIME - 1730 N80415 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80415
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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