- Date
- January 31, 1966
- Place
- Cleveland, OH · CLEVELAND, OH
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8987ZCessna 310G
- Status
- Completed · report April 26, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173088
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0450 66/1/31 CLEVELAND OHIO CESSNA 310G CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0900 N8987Z PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 34, 5800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 692 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLEVELAND-HOPKINS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES REMARKS- MALFUNCTION OF NORMAL GR EXTENSION SYSTEM FOR UNDET REASON.PILOT FAILED TO PROPERLY USE MANUAL SYS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8987Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 310G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cleveland-Hopkins
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