- Date
- February 20, 1976
- Place
- Bahia De L.A., Mexico · BAHIA DE L.A.,MEX, MX
- Injuries
- 9 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N342EBeech E18S
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760220002469A
- Case key
- 152664
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0002 76/2/20 BAHIA DE L.A.,MEX BEECH E18S CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1250 N342E PX- 0 0 8 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER AGE 33, 4418 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-I 2100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BAHIA DE LOS ANGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEXICALI,MEX BAHIA DE L.A.,MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL REMARKS- INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF MEXICO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N342E
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bahia De Los Ange
N342ERegistration cancelled Oct 3, 2012 · Beech E18SAirframe modelBeech E18SEngine 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 N342E · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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