- Date
- July 29, 1969
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX · FORT WORTH, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5614Convair 990
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79624
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0053 69/7/29 FORT WORTH,TEX CONVAIR 990 CR- 0 0 3 TRAINING AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1158 N5614 PX- 0 0 0 UNK/NR, 19520 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 1800 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRTR SOUTHWEST OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT WORTH,TEX FORT WORTH,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- L GR WOULDNT EXTEND. DIVERTED TO TULSA.GR COLLAPSED ON LDG.FATIGUE EVIDENCED IN L GR SUPPORT BEAM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5614
- Reported as
- Convair 990
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grtr Southwest
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.