- Date
- February 28, 1979
- Place
- Cadillac, MI · CADILLAC, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N699DTCessna 421B
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790228003869A
- Case key
- 137895
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0232 79/2/28 CADILLAC,MI CESSNA 421B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 5620 TIME - 1230 N699DT PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEXFORD COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINNEAPOLIS,MN CADILLAC,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT REMARKS- L/G BRACE ASSY OUT OF RIG BECAUSE OF BUCKLE NEAR NEAR FWD TRUNNION,CALSE OF BUCKLE UNDET.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N699DT
- Reported as
- Cessna 421B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wexford County
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N699DT · 1
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