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FTW80FRG65

1980-03-17 · ALICE, Texas, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH 65-A80 · N610JD
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
ALICE
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
010° / 5 kt
Temp
56° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000000LD249
Total time
5,922 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
947
Age
38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LNDG/TKOF LIGHTS BEGAN TO DIM THEN FAIL COMPLETELY

Investigator remarks

PLT STATED AFT RETRACTING GEAR IN FLT COCKPIT &

Cause factors

  • 64/A/39 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/33 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ELECTRICAL FAILURE Joint cause
  • 88/J/07 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1294. Source file NTSB_1980_3_1294.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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