- Date
- July 14, 1971
- Place
- Rockford, IL · ROCKFORD, IL
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N721KBeech 65-90
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162168
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1190 71/7/14 ROCKFORD,ILL BEECH 65-90 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0830 N721K PX- 0 0 6 CORP/EXEC 31, 4350 TOTAL HOURS, 600 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREATER ROCKFORD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RACINE,WIS TRENTON,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- LND WITH R GR PARTIALLY EXTENDED. BRAZE IN NUT ASSEMBLY FAILED,ALLOWED DOWEL PINS TO JAM ACTUATOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N721K
- Reported as
- Beech 65-90
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Greater Rockford
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.