- Date
- August 29, 1964
- Place
- Reading, PA · READING, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5632DBeechcraft E18
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181975
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2679 64/8/29 READING PA BEECHCRAFT E18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 488 TIME - 1055 N5632D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 53 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - READING TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT REMARKS- GEAR SELECTOR SOLENOID CORRODED PRECLUDING NORMAL OPERATION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5632D
- Reported as
- Beechcraft E18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Reading
N5632DRegistration cancelled Oct 28, 2014 · Beech E18SAirframe modelBeech E18SEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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.
Other investigations on N5632D · 2
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