- Date
- October 17, 1965
- Place
- Huntsville, AL · HUNTSVILLE, AL
- Injuries
- 5 minor, 11 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N37519Douglas DC-6
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176303
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0078 65/10/17 HUNTSVILLE ALA DOUGLAS DC-6 CR- 0 0 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1605 N37519 PX- 0 0 11 42, 16823 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1750 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HUNTSVILLE-MADISO OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- AT V1 SPD AS THE CAPT STARTED TO RAISE THE NOSEWHEEL IT RETRACTED.CAUSE OF RETRACTION NOT FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37519
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Huntsville-Madiso
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