- Date
- April 3, 1973
- Place
- Miami, FL · MIAMI, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6906CLockheed 1049
- Status
- Completed · report May 29, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730403017539A
- Case key
- 170602
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0847 73/4/3 MIAMI,FLA LOCKHEED 1049 CR- 0 0 3 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1420 N6906C PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 56, 12300 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MIAMI INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIAMI,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- DOWNLOCK MECHANISM FAILED TO PREVENT R GR FROM RETRACT AFTER HYD PRESS LOSS FOR UNDET REASON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6906C
- Reported as
- Lockheed 1049
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Miami Intl
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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.