- Date
- June 26, 1967
- Place
- Grand Rapids, MI · GRAND RAPIDS, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 32 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7451Vickers 745D
- Status
- Completed · report December 7, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116760
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0036 67/6/26 GRAND RAPIDS,MICH VICKERS 745D CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0702 N7451 PX- 0 1 29 37, 2723 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1721 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KENT COUNTY OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL STEERING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- NOSE WHEEL PIVOT PIN FAILED AT LUBRICATION HOLES.IMPROPER ACTION TAKEN ON PREVIOUS CREW WRITE-UPS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7451
- Reported as
- Vickers 745D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kent County
N7451Registration cancelled Aug 30, 1974 · Vickers VISCOUNT 745-DAirframe modelVickers VISCOUNT 745-D
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.