- Date
- November 9, 1978
- Place
- Grand Canyon, AZ · GRAND CANYON, AZ
- Injuries
- 11 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3781BBeech E18S
- Status
- Completed · report August 6, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138117
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4416 78/11/9 GRAND CANYON,AZ BEECH E18S CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1145 N3781B PX- 0 0 10 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 44, 3517 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 163 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAND CANYON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS VEGAS,NV GRAND CANYON,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- RETRACT SLIDE EARS FAILED,BELOW REQUIRED ROCKWELL HARDNESS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3781B
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grand Canyon
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