- Date
- December 14, 1965
- Place
- Knoxville, TN · KNOXVILLE, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2399ZBeechcraft 23
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174228
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3665 65/12/14 KNOXVILLE TENN BEECHCRAFT 23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 21, 42 TOTAL TIME - 1600 N2399Z PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ISLAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION REMARKS- RIGHT GEAR FAILED AT WING ATTACHMENT PLATE CAUSED BY IMPROPERLY FASTENED ATTACH SCREWS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2399Z
- Reported as
- Beechcraft 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Island
N2399ZRegistration cancelled Apr 15, 2013 · Beech 23Airframe modelBeech 23Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N2399Z · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MIA87FA250Accident · 3 fatalField investigationFinal reportSt. Petersburg, FLThe pilot of the commonwealth erroneously reported his positon to the tower for landing instructions. He then failed to follow the instructions and collided with a Beech 23 acft that was on downwind to land at albert whitted airport. Both aircraft involved in…NTSB UNK64X2186Accident · No injuriesClosedChuckey, TN