- Date
- June 7, 1968
- Place
- Sweetwater, TX · SWEETWATER, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4105BLockheed 12A
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115033
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1695 68/6/7 SWEETWATER,TEX LOCKHEED 12A CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0655 N4105B PX- 0 0 1 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER AGE 23, 1278 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 40 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SWEETWATER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BENT REMARKS- ACTUATING SCREW BENT FROM OVERLOAD ON RT GR,RESULTING IN TENSION FAILURE OF RETAINING STUDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4105B
- Reported as
- Lockheed 12A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sweetwater