- Date
- April 20, 1970
- Place
- Rockford, IL · ROCKFORD, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N256RABeech C-45H
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 201175
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1700 70/4/20 ROCKFORD,ILL BEECH C-45H CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 2572 TIME - 2046 N256RA PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 442 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREATER ROCKFORD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KANSAS CITY,MO ROCKFORD,ILL 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 FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS REMARKS- LDG GR MOTOR C/B FOUND OPEN,WARNING HORN INOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N256RA
- Reported as
- Beech C-45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Greater Rockford
N256RARegistration cancelled Jul 18, 2013 · Beech C-45HAirframe modelBeech C-45HEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 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.