- Date
- January 19, 1969
- Place
- Detroit, MI · DETROIT, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N650WKLockheed 18
- Status
- Completed · report March 19, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191489
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0023 69/1/19 DETROIT,MICH LOCKHEED 18 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 7000 TIME - 0821 N650WK PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 900 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DETROIT METRO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS - HYDRAULIC SYSTEM: RESERVOIR,LINES,FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVER TORQUED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS REMARKS- RT GR HYD LINE TO GR DOWNLOCK FAILED.REDUCER THREADS SPLIT,TIME UNDET. GR WRNG SYS SHOWED GR DOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N650WK
- Reported as
- Lockheed 18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Detroit Metro
N650WKRegistration cancelled Apr 16, 2021 · Lockheed 18-56Airframe modelLockheed 18-56Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-1830 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.