- Date
- May 31, 1978
- Place
- Goodyear, AZ · GOODYEAR, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8596RBeech B55
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780531014759A
- Case key
- 141742
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1260 78/5/31 GOODYEAR,AZ BEECH B55 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2216 N8596R PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 40, 8449 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2768 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PHOENIX-LITCHFIEL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHOENIX,AZ GOODYEAR,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED REMARKS- ACTUATOR WORM GEAR BEARING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8596R
- Reported as
- Beech B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Phoenix-Litchfiel
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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.