- Date
- May 31, 1963
- Place
- Wildwood, NJ · WILDWOOD, NJ
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7919CDouglas DC-6B
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108295
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0038 63/5/31 WILDWOOD,NJ DOUGLAS DC-6B CR- 0 0 5 FERRY AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1310 N7919C PX- 0 0 0 46, 16000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 5500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAPE MAY COUNTY OPERATOR - UNITED STATES OVERSEAS AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL-FLT ENG INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GR. REMARKS- NO.3 PROP STRUCK RNWY.GO AROUND CONT,LND SAFELY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7919C
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-6B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cape May County
N7919CRegistered now · Douglas DC-6BAirframe modelDouglas DC-6BEngine modelPratt & Whitney DW-CB series
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