- Date
- August 3, 1968
- Place
- New Knoxvill, OH · NEW KNOXVILL, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N67198Beech D-17S
- Status
- Completed · report October 15, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108835
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2728 68/8/3 NEW KNOXVILL,OHIO BEECH D-17S CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 3369 TIME - 1530 N67198 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEIL ARMSTRONG TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STUCK MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES REMARKS- DOWN LIMIT SWITCH STUCK,MOTOR WOULD NOT RUN TO EXTEND GR.MANUAL OPERATION OF GR NOT USED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67198
- Reported as
- Beech D-17S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Neil Armstrong
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