- Date
- August 10, 1978
- Place
- Dover, DE · DOVER, DE
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N23STLockheed L-382G
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780810049599I
- Case key
- 139525
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0006 78/8/10 DOVER,DE LOCKHEED L-382G CR- 0 0 3 MILITARY CTR CARGO DOM AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0215 N23ST PX- 0 0 2 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - DOVER AFB OPERATOR - TRANS-INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATLANTA,GA DOVER,DE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED REMARKS- MLG LOCKING BOLT ROTATED THROUGH ENTIRE THREADED AREA WITH FINGERTIP PRESSURE ONLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23ST
- Reported as
- Lockheed L-382G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Dover Afb
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.