- Date
- October 11, 1978
- Place
- Chignik Lake, AK · CHIGNIK LAKE, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3963CCessna 402
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781011043879A
- Case key
- 137998
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4210 78/10/11 CHIGNIK LAKE,AK CESSNA 402 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1704 N3963C PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG 46, 16153 TOTAL HOURS, 7 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHIGNIK LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORT HEIDEN,AK CHIGNIK LAKE,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE REMARKS- LEFT MAIN GEAR RETRACT ROD ATTACH LUG FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3963C
- Reported as
- Cessna 402
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chignik Lake
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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.