- Date
- November 12, 1968
- Place
- Santa Barbara, CA · SANTA BARBARA, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73135Convair 580
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 192106
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4638 68/11/12 SANTA BARBARA,CAL CONVAIR 580 CR- 0 0 3 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1728 N73135 PX- 0 0 1 DUAL AGE 51, 4741 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 866 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA BARBARA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS REMARKS- LNDG GR WARNING HORN INOPERATIVE FOR UNDETERMINED REASON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73135
- Reported as
- Convair 580
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Barbara
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.