- Date
- November 22, 1967
- Place
- Boulder, CO · BOULDER, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3870NBeech 35
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112920
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4176 67/11/22 BOULDER,COLO BEECH 35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 750 TIME - 1215 N3870N PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 600 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOULDER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY UNUSUAL NOISE REMARKS- DOG LEG FROM LNDG GEAR BOX TO NOSE GEAR ACTUATING ROD FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3870N
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Boulder
N3870NRegistration cancelled Oct 26, 2017 · Beech 35Airframe modelBeech 35Engine modelContinental E185 series
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