- Date
- August 20, 1972
- Place
- Boulder, CO · BOULDER, CO
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N139VBeech C-45H
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168175
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3881 72/8/20 BOULDER,COLO BEECH C-45H CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 5350 TIME - 0930 N139V PX- 0 0 6 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOULDER MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND JUNCTION,COLO BOULDER,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: ON GROUND LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N139V
- Reported as
- Beech C-45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Boulder Muni
N139VRegistration cancelled Sep 26, 2007 · Beech C-45HAirframe modelBeech C-45HEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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