- Date
- May 24, 1970
- Place
- Fort Smith, AR · FORT SMITH, AR
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N416MBDowner 14-19
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181798
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2214 70/5/24 FORT SMITH,ARK DOWNER 14-19 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 217 TIME - 1400 N416MB PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FORT SMITH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT SMITH,ARK ELYRIA,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS - HYDRAULIC SYSTEM: RESERVOIR,LINES,FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYDRAULIC FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOW FLUID LEVEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- AN833 90DG BULKHEAD FITTING WORN THRU.FLUID DRAINED OUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N416MB
- Reported as
- Downer 14-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fort Smith
N416MBRegistration cancelled Apr 25, 2014 · Bellanca 14-19-3Airframe modelBellanca 14-19-3Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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.
Other investigations on N416MB · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.