- Date
- July 21, 1966
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX · FORT WORTH, TX
- Injuries
- 38 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9707CLockheed L-188A
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122344
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0070 66/7/21 FORT WORTH,TEX LOCKHEED L-188A CR- 0 0 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0025 N9707C PX- 0 0 33 42, 20022 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1210 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CARSWELL AFB OPERATOR - BRANIFF AIRWAYS,INC. 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 - JAMMED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- LEFT MAIN GEAR DOOR ACTUATING PISTON FAILED.ACFT LANDED ON NOSE GEAR AND RT MAIN GEAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9707C
- Reported as
- Lockheed L-188A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Carswell Afb
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