- Date
- September 8, 1967
- Place
- Denver, CO · DENVER, CO
- Injuries
- 14 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73145Convair 580
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114862
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0031 67/9/8 DENVER,COLO CONVAIR 580 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1016 N73145 PX- 0 0 11 36, 9406 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1784 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STAPLETON INTL OPERATOR - FRONTIER AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- R.LNDG GR UPLATCH RELEASE CABLE,R.LNDG GR EMER.AIR OPER.UPLATCH RELEASE ASSY. IMPROPERLY INSTALLED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73145
- Reported as
- Convair 580
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stapleton Intl
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