- Date
- January 23, 1977
- Place
- Detroit, MI · DETROIT, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1572SBeech A55
- Status
- Completed · report March 16, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770123000769A
- Case key
- 157059
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0086 77/1/23 DETROIT,MI BEECH A55 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 471 TIME - 2130 N1572S PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 284 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DETROIT CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CINCINNATI,OH DETROIT,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF REMARKS- GEAR BRACE WOULD NOT GO OVER CENTER DUE TO GREASE/DIRT. PILOT REPORTED MODERATELY HARD LANDING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1572S
- Reported as
- Beech A55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Detroit City
N1572SRegistration cancelled May 13, 2015 · Beech 95-A55Airframe modelBeech 95-A55Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1572S · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.