- Date
- August 13, 1979
- Place
- Castle Afb, CA · CASTLE AFB, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N24BTRockwell IN 690A
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790813019839A
- Case key
- 135309
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2019 79/8/13 CASTLE AFB,CA ROCKWELL IN 690A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1753 N24BT PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC AGE 46, 2730 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 18 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CASTLE AFB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRESNO,CA MODESTO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY REMARKS- RGT MAIN WHEEL BEARING FAILED & WHEEL SEPARATED IN FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24BT
- Reported as
- Rockwell IN 690A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Castle Afb
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.