- Date
- August 17, 1973
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N281HBeech C-45H
- Status
- Completed · report November 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730817033169A
- Case key
- 188914
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2902 73/8/17 LOS ANGELES,CALIF BEECH C-45H CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2316 N281H PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO 40, 6750 TOTAL HOURS, 233 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOS ANGELES INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA MARIA,CALIF LOS ANGELES,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- RT BRAKE FROZE DUE TO WORN BRAKE PUCK,OVERSTRESSED WEAKENED RT DRAG LINK FAILING MN LDNG GR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N281H
- Reported as
- Beech C-45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Los Angeles Intl
N281HRegistration cancelled Oct 14, 2009 · Beech C-45HAirframe modelBeech C-45HEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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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.
Other investigations on N281H · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.