19751021036049A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech D55 · Warwick, RI · October 21, 1975

Date
October 21, 1975
Place
Warwick, RI
Airport
Tf Green
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N222AS
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC76FNA19
Reported as
Beech D55
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,430 total30 in this make and model170 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Ldg gr motor seized. Up limit switch sticks. Ldg gr retract gr box severe metal to metal contact.

As the FAA filed it

LDG GR MOTOR SEIZED. UP LIMIT SWITCH STICKS. LDG GR RETRACT GR BOX SEVERE METAL TO METAL CONTACT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.