- Date
- November 18, 1981
- Place
- Long Beach, CA · LONG BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N104JBeech D18S
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811118089979I
- Case key
- 122729
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0061 81/11/18 LONG BEACH,CA BEECH D18S CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1143 N104J PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 40, 4223 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 775 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - LONG BEACH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONG BEACH,CA CATALINA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DR UPLATCH MISADJSTD.MOTOR CONT OPERG AFT GR UP,CKTBRKR POPPED.IMP EMERG EXTN.GR COLLAPSED,ROLLOUT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N104J
- Reported as
- Beech D18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Long Beach
N104JRegistration cancelled May 22, 2003 · 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 N104J · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.