- Date
- April 9, 1966
- Place
- Ft Lauderdale, FL · FT LAUDERDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N18916Douglas DC-3
- Status
- Completed · report August 10, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172400
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0311 66/4/9 FT LAUDERDALE FLA DOUGLAS DC-3 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 3, 1908 TIME - 1815 N18916 PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FT.LAUDERDALE/HOL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: PISTON,PISTON RINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STUCK PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYDRAULIC FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT REMARKS- SPRING LOADED MECH LDG GEAR LATCH HAD FILM OF SUBSTANCE NORMALLY ASSOCIATED SANDY TERRAIN,SALT AIR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18916
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ft.Lauderdale/Hol