- Date
- August 6, 1979
- Place
- Midland, TX · MIDLAND, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N939WBSwearingen SA26AT
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790806021249A
- Case key
- 135144
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1696 79/8/6 MIDLAND,TX SWEARINGEN SA26AT CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 4848 TIME - 1300 N939WB PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 650 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MIDLAND REGIONAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIDLAND,TX SAN ANGELO,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- BRASS THREADS FAILED IN GEAR ACTUATOR JACK SCREW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N939WB
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA26AT
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Midland Regional
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.