- Date
- October 9, 1966
- Place
- Charlotte, NC · CHARLOTTE, NC
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N477PMDehaviland DH104
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121277
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2844 66/10/9 CHARLOTTE NC DEHAVILAND DH104 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0804 N477PM PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS 46, 16000 TOTAL HOURS, 65 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOUGLAS MUNI. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- LEFT GEAR RETRACTION JACK LEAKING AIR AT PISTON, GEAR LOCK MICRO SWITCHES DEFECTIVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N477PM
- Reported as
- Dehaviland DH104
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Douglas Muni.
N477PMRegistration cancelled Oct 15, 1973 · Dehavilland DH104 DOVE 6AAirframe modelDehavilland DH104 DOVE 6A
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.