- Date
- November 25, 1975
- Place
- New Castle, DE · NEW CASTLE, DE
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N80ACGrumman G-159
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 152041
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0045 75/11/25 NEW CASTLE,DL GRUMMAN G-159 CR- 0 0 3 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1501 N80AC PX- 0 0 0 CHECK UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - GREATER WILMINGTO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MORRISTOWN,NJ NEW CASTLE,DL HARRISBURG,PA 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 AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION REMARKS- UPLOCK ATTACH NUT AND BOLT MISSING. UPLOCK WOULDNOT RELEASE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80AC
- Reported as
- Grumman G-159
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Greater Wilmingto