- Date
- July 8, 1974
- Place
- Point Hope, AK · POINT HOPE, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N894UArmstrong AW650
- Status
- Completed · report January 14, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 132570
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3748 74/7/8 POINT HOPE,ALAS ARMSTRONG AW650 CR- 0 0 3 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1250 N894U PX- 0 0 0 OTHER PUBLIC 38, 14000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 477 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - POINT HOPE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GALENA,ALAS POINT HOPE,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- LANDING GEAR FAILURE DUE TO STRESS CORRISION CRACKING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N894U
- Reported as
- Armstrong AW650
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Point Hope
N894URegistration cancelled Sep 24, 1974 · Armstrong Whitworth ARGOSY AW650 SER 101Airframe modelArmstrong Whitworth ARGOSY AW650 SER 101
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