- Date
- April 5, 1971
- Place
- Winston-Salem, NC · WINSTON-SALEM, NC
- Injuries
- 16 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N245PNihon YS-11A
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161312
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0017 71/4/5 WINSTON-SALEM,NC NIHON YS-11A CR- 0 0 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1036 N245P PX- 0 0 12 45, 19210 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 1550 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - SMITH REYNOLDS OPERATOR - PIEDMONT AVIATION,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP KNOXVILLE,TENN WASHINGTON,DC ROANOKE,VA 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 - JAMMED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- UN LOWER L MLG.BOLTS OF L GR DOOR ACTUATOR BAR SHEARED ALLOWED DOORS TO CLOSE WITH GR UP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N245P
- Reported as
- Nihon YS-11A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Smith Reynolds