UNK64X0991

NTSB accident investigation · Beechcraft H35 · Charlotte, NC · March 20, 1964

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
March 20, 1964
Place
Charlotte, NC · CHARLOTTE, NC
Injuries
4 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Aircraft
N5563DBeechcraft H35
Status
Completed · report September 3, 1964
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
184573

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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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3-0777  64/3/20    CHARLOTTE NC        BEECHCRAFT H35      CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 2000
        TIME - 0850                    N5563D              PX-  0  0  3  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DOUGLAS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           WHEELS-UP                                                TAKEOFF: ABORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT: VOR RECEIVERS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
           MISCELLANEOUS - SMOKE IN COCKPIT
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SMOKE IN COCKPIT
        REMARKS- MATERIAL FAILURE OF THE VOR RECEIVER. INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP LANDING.

Aircraft

Registration
N5563D
Reported as
Beechcraft H35
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Douglas

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