- Date
- July 3, 1981
- Place
- Rockford, IL · ROCKFORD, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N54532Douglas SBD-5
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810703038149A
- Case key
- 124578
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1923 81/7/3 NR.ROCKFORD,IL DOUGLAS SBD-5 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 3200 TIME - 1120 N54532 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREATER ROCKFORD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCKFORD,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT REMARKS- L/G SEL VALVE LEVER COULD BE SELECTED OUT OF DOWN POS W/O DISENGAGING LATCH PIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54532
- Reported as
- Douglas SBD-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Greater Rockford
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.