- Date
- August 2, 1973
- Place
- Dallas, TX · DALLAS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N118XBeech C-45H
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730802025059A
- Case key
- 189558
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1928 73/8/2 DALLAS,TEX BEECH C-45H CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0010 N118X PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 41, 9179 TOTAL HOURS, 562 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOVE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DALLAS,TEX WACO,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELONGATED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNAPPROVED MODIFICATION PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY UNUSUAL NOISE REMARKS- R GR WOULDNT LOCK DOWN. R OUTBD SHAFT ASSY HAD ADDED HOLES DRILLED AT UNDET TIME. WEAKENED SHAFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N118X
- Reported as
- Beech C-45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Love
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N118X · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.