# NTSB DCA81IA016: Dehavilland DHC-7, Atlantic City, NJ, June 10, 1981

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 10, 1981
- Place: Atlantic City, NJ · ATLANTIC CITY, NJ
- Location: 39.3773° N, 74.4511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlantic City, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3773&lon=-74.4511&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 9 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 18, 1982
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 125429
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA81IA016
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA81IA016

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-0002  81/6/10    ATLANTIC CITY,NJ    DEHAVILLAND DHC-7   CR-  0  0  2  MISCELLANEOUS             CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE
        TIME - 1151                    C-GNBX-X            PX-  0  0  7  EXPERIMENTATION           58, 13000 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            1800 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - NAFEC
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ATLANTIC CITY,NJ            LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           WHEELS-UP                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           COPILOT - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC
        REMARKS- LOW APCH TO RWY31,CIRCLED TO LAND RWY26.ONE GR WARNING SYSTEM INOP,OTHER INTERMITTENT OPERATION.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: C-GNBX-X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC-7
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Nafec

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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