- Date
- May 2, 1978
- Place
- Grand Canyon, AZ · GRAND CANYON, AZ
- Injuries
- 10 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N118LBeech D18S
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780502027809A
- Case key
- 142144
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2650 78/5/2 GRAND CANYON,AZ BEECH D18S CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 2490 TIME - 1245 N118L PX- 0 0 9 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 522 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAND CANYON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS VEGAS,NV GRAND CANYON,AZ 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 - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- IMPROPERLY INSTALLED"O"RING,LEFT BRAKE ASSEMBLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N118L
- Reported as
- Beech D18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grand Canyon
N118LRegistration cancelled Nov 13, 2013 · Beech D18SAirframe modelBeech D18SEngine 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 N118L · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.