- Date
- December 4, 1962
- Place
- Macon, GA · MACON, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5131BCurtiss-Wrt C-46A
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165739
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0064 62/12/4 MACON,GA CURTISS-WRT C-46A CR- 0 0 2 TRAINING AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1140 N5131B PX- 0 0 0 43, 17369 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 7600 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COCHRAN OPERATOR - RIDDLE AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MACON,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE,NONE AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- LOSS OF NORMAL SYS HYD FLUID DUE IMPROPER POS OF EMERG UPLOCK RELEASE HANDLE.L GR LT AND HORN INOP
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5131B
- Reported as
- Curtiss-Wrt C-46A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cochran
N5131BRegistration cancelled Oct 27, 2014 · Curtiss Wright C-46AAirframe modelCurtiss Wright C-46AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-2800 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.