- Date
- January 14, 1972
- Place
- Freeland, MI · FREELAND, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N118XBeech C-45H
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165295
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0257 72/1/14 FREELAND,MICH BEECH C-45H CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 4800 TIME - 2211 N118X PX- 0 0 1 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 3000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRI CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DETROIT,MICH FREELAND,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- L GR UPPER RETRACT CHAIN SPROCKET BRACKET FAILED DUE OVERLOAD. CAUSE UNDETERMINED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N118X
- Reported as
- Beech C-45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tri City
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.
Other investigations on N118X · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.