- Date
- December 5, 1970
- Place
- Bakersfield, CA · BAKERSFIELD, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N970WASiai-Marche S-205
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159725
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4386 70/12/5 BAKERSFIELD,CALIF SIAI-MARCHE S-205 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 3050 TIME - 2005 N970WA PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 252 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BAKERSFIELD AIRPK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PACOIMA,CALIF BAKERSFIELD,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM REMARKS- LDG GR EYE BOLT JOINT STIFF,GR DID NOT EXTD FULLY.MFG ADVSD GREASE FITTING AT JOINT.FIX NOT C/W.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N970WA
- Reported as
- Siai-Marche S-205
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bakersfield Airpk
N970WARegistered now · Siai-Marchetti S.205/22RAirframe modelSiai-Marchetti S.205/22REngine modelFranklin 6V 350 series
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.
Other investigations on N970WA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.