# NTSB FTW67A0015: Lockheed L-188A, N9707C, Fort Worth, TX, July 21, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 21, 1966
- Place: Fort Worth, TX · FORT WORTH, TX
- Location: 32.7254° N, 97.3208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Worth, TX, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7254&lon=-97.3208&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 38 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 29, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 122344
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW67A0015
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW67A0015

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9707C-1970-06-26), registration cancelled 1970-06-26, S/N 1099 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LOCKHEED L-188A
- Registry model: [Lockheed 188A](https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-188a) (registry code 5262602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Carswell Afb

## Other investigations on N9707C (1)

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.

- [NTSB DCA68A0005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA68A0005), May 3, 1968: Lockheed L-188 (N9707C), Dawson, TX, destroyed, 85 fatal

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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