- Date
- April 13, 1981
- Place
- Charlotte, NC · CHARLOTTE, NC
- Injuries
- 38 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N259PNamc YS-11
- Status
- Completed · report June 29, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 125459
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0004 81/4/13 CHARLOTTE,NC NAMC YS-11 CR- 0 0 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1555 N259P PX- 0 0 34 38, 12006 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 3450 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - DOUGLAS MUNI OPERATOR - PIEDMONT AVIATION,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILMINGTON,NC CHARLOTTE,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL STEERING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- NWS LEVER SHAFT,PN 01-72304-3,FAILED.AUTO NWS INOP.NOSE WHEELS JAMMED IN WHL WELL DRG RETRACTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N259P
- Reported as
- Namc YS-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Douglas Muni
N259PRegistration cancelled Sep 20, 2013 · Nihon YS-11A-500Airframe modelNihon YS-11A-500Engine modelRolls-Royce DART-542 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N259P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.