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MIA75FLG12

1974-08-10 · GEORGETOWN, South Carolina, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N48C has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (EMBRAER EXECUTIVE AIRCRAFT INC EMB-505, built 2023), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH A55 · N48C
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B0
Operator type
D
Airport
GEORGETOWN COUNTY
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
100° / 7 kt
Temp
80° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000TC-243
Total time
2,705 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
15,000
Age
53

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

RACTING.

Investigator remarks

LDG GR SAFETY SWITCH FAILED TO PREVENT GR FM RET

Cause factors

  • 64/A/13 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 68/A/D4 A
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 70/A/CN A
    AIRFRAME SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. 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 2972. Source file NTSB_1974_3_2972.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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