CHI68I0060

NTSB incident investigation · Dehavilland DH104 · Chicago, IL · January 9, 1968

Incident · No injuriesClosed
Date
January 9, 1968
Place
Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N420DDehavilland DH104
Status
Completed · report March 22, 1968
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
111589

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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5-0002   68/1/9    CHICAGO,ILL         DEHAVILLAND DH104   CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE UNK/NR,
        TIME - 0030                    N420D               PX-  0  0  0  COMMUTER AIR CARRIER      1042 TOTAL HOURS, 63 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D        TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - OHARE INTL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        REMARKS- RT MAIN GR RADIUS ROD ARM FAILED UNDER TENSION.

Aircraft

Registration
N420D
Reported as
Dehavilland DH104
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Ohare Intl

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