- Date
- June 5, 1962
- Place
- San Juan, PR · SAN JUAN, PR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1243NCurtiss-Wrt C-46R
- Status
- Completed · report April 29, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160313
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0059 62/6/5 SAN JUAN,PR CURTISS-WRT C-46R CR- 0 0 2 SCHED INTERNATL CARGO SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0639 N1243N PX- 0 0 0 47, 13609 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 9253 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN JUAN INTL OPERATOR - RIDDLE AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MIAMI,FLA SAN JUAN,PR RAMEY AFB,PR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE LDG GR-IMPROPER MACHINING AT UNDETERMINED TIME. EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY UNUSUAL NOISE REMARKS- L GR SIDE BRACE FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1243N
- Reported as
- Curtiss-Wrt C-46R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Juan Intl
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Other investigations on N1243N · 2
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