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FTW81DPG18

1981-04-17 · EL DORADO, Arkansas, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N44W

Make / Model
BEECH 60
Year of manufacture
1968 · 13 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING TI0-541 SER (310 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19681231
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A54A38

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH C55 · N44W
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
GOODWIN
Kind of flying
B1

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
230° / 7 kt
Temp
83° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000TE-146
Total time
2,033 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
4,388
Age
33

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

T FLAP & GEAR HANDLE CONFIGURATIONS.

Investigator remarks

PLT NORMALLY FLIES TWIN CESSNA THAT HAS DIFFEREN

Cause factors

  • 64/A/13 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR Cause — pilot/personnel action

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0659. Source file NTSB_1981_3_0659.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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