- Date
- February 14, 1978
- Place
- Pilot Point, AK · PILOT POINT, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N37189Grumman G-44
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780214019519A
- Case key
- 143424
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1661 78/2/14 PILOT POINT,AK GRUMMAN G-44 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 16000 TIME - 1200 N37189 PX- 0 1 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 3700 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PILOT POINT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ILIAMNA,AK PERRYVILLE,AK PILOT POINT,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- COMPANY SPECIAL VFR,GUST TO 10KTS.R MAIN L/G RETRACT STRUT FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37189
- Reported as
- Grumman G-44
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pilot Point
N37189Registration cancelled Sep 20, 2012 · Grumman G-44Airframe modelGrumman G-44Engine modelLycoming GO-480 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N37189 · 1
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