- Date
- September 5, 1963
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7779BCurtiss-Wrt C-46
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110029
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0054 63/9/5 ANCHORAGE,ALAS CURTISS-WRT C-46 CR- 0 0 2 NS/CTR REVENUE CARGO DOM AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0630 N7779B PX- 0 0 0 40, 13516 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 4500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ANCHORAGE INTL OPERATOR - CORDOVA AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS - HYDRAULIC SYSTEM: RESERVOIR,LINES,FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- HYD GRND SERV PRESSURE LINE CAP FAILED.CREW CRANKED GR DOWN. RT GR DOWN LT MICRO SWITCH MALFUNCT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7779B
- Reported as
- Curtiss-Wrt C-46
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Anchorage Intl