# NTSB DIA68A0024: Viscount 745D, N7465, Raleigh-Durham, NC, November 28, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: November 28, 1967
- Place: Raleigh-Durham, NC · RALEIGH-DURHAM, NC
- Location: 35.7721° N, 78.6386° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Raleigh, NC, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7721&lon=-78.6386&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 4 minor, 38 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 27, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations: Yes
- NTSB case key (mKey): 79552
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DIA68A0024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DIA68A0024

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0058  67/11/28   RALEIGH-DURHAM,NC   VISCOUNT 745D       CR-  0  0  4  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 2100                    N7465               PX-  0  1 38                            43, 8862 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            3982 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - RALEIGH-DURHAM
        OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL STEERING
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- VALVE BODY OF NOSE WHEEL STEERING JACK TWIN RELIEF VALVE FAILED,CAUSED OSCILLATION.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7465](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7465-1968-02-19), registration cancelled 1968-02-19, S/N 231 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VISCOUNT 745D
- Registry model: [Vickers VISCOUNT 745-D](https://openairdocs.org/model/vickers-viscount-745-d) (registry code 9470401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Raleigh-Durham

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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