- Date
- August 15, 1980
- Place
- Camp Springs, MD · CAMP SPRINGS, MD
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N255AVSwearingen SA226
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800815066539I
- Case key
- 129370
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0026 80/8/15 CAMP SPRINGS,MD SWEARINGEN SA226 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1230 N255AV PX- 0 0 3 SCHED PASSG SRV 27, 2900 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - ANDREWS AFB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LYNCHBURG,VA BALTIMORE,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: WHEEL WELL DOORS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED REMARKS- DOOR HINGE BUSHINGS MILLED TO SMALLER THAN NORMAL LENGTH.R GEAR DOOR WOULD NOT FULLY OPEN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N255AV
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA226
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Andrews Afb
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.