- Date
- March 8, 1973
- Place
- Mineral Wells, TX · MINERAL WELLS, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1615WBeech B55
- Status
- Completed · report April 9, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730308004889A
- Case key
- 169927
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0398 73/3/8 MINERAL WELLS,TEX BEECH B55 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 1428 TIME - 1212 N1615W PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MINERAL WELLS MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN ANTONIO,TEX MINERAL WELLS,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BUCKLED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- VIBRATION DUE FLAT TIRE,LT MLG KNEE JOINT TRVL OVCNTR,OVERLOAD FORCE APPLIED TO RETRACT ROD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1615W
- Reported as
- Beech B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mineral Wells Mun
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.