- Date
- September 3, 1968
- Place
- Okla.City, OK · OKLA.CITY, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3046VBeech 35
- Status
- Completed · report October 21, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108159
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2883 68/9/3 OKLA.CITY,OKLA BEECH 35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 1000 TIME - 1415 N3046V PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 530 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOWNTOWN AIRPARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM REMARKS- RT GEAR RETRACT ROD BUCKLED. UP LOCK ROLLER COULD NOT ROTATE DUE TO RUST AND LACK OF LUBRICANT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3046V
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Downtown Airpark
N3046VRegistration cancelled May 13, 2023 · Beech 35Airframe modelBeech 35Engine modelContinental E185 series
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