- Date
- February 23, 1966
- Place
- Ft Worth, TX · FT WORTH, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor, 70 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5615Convair 990
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174035
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0045 66/2/23 FT WORTH TEXAS CONVAIR 990 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1145 N5615 PX- 0 1 66 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CARSWELL AFB OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BINDING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DUMPED FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT FALSE FIRE WARNING SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- NOSE AND MAIN,LANDING GEAR WHEEL TIRES BLEW OUT.RUSTED DOWNLOCK BUNGEE CAUSED UNSAFE GEAR INDICATN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5615
- Reported as
- Convair 990
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Carswell Afb