- Date
- February 13, 1979
- Place
- Baltimore, MD · BALTIMORE, MD
- Injuries
- 15 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N796HAShorts SD3-30
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790213004909I
- Case key
- 144035
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0008 79/2/13 BALTIMORE,MD SHORTS SD3-30 CR- 0 0 3 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0712 N796HA PX- 0 0 12 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 36, 8200 TOTAL HOURS, 920 DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - BWI INTERNATIONAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALISBURY,MD BALTIMORE,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FROZEN, MOISTURE AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SNOW SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 17 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR REMARKS- SNOW ON RUNWAY AT DEPARTURE AIRPORT LODGED IN NOSE WHEELWELL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N796HA
- Reported as
- Shorts SD3-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Bwi International
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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.