- Date
- December 15, 1964
- Place
- Lexington, NC · LEXINGTON, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N78243Globe GC1B
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180362
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3786 64/12/15 LEXINGTON NC GLOBE GC1B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 22, 175 TIME - 1700 N78243 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DILLARD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-PREMATUR GEAR RETRACTION ON PREVIUS TAKE OFF AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BENT REMARKS- RETRACT HYDRAULIC CYLINDER ASSEMBLY ARM BENT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78243
- Reported as
- Globe GC1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dillard
N78243Registration cancelled Feb 27, 2013 · Globe GC-1BAirframe modelGlobe GC-1BEngine modelContinental C125 series
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Other investigations on N78243 · 1
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