- Date
- January 20, 1969
- Place
- Ft Lauderdale, FL · FT LAUDERDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N855SABeech 99
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191493
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0027 69/1/20 FT LAUDERDALE,FLA BEECH 99 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 2071 TIME - 0942 N855SA PX- 0 0 3 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 231 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FT LAUDERDALE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) REMARKS- INOPERATIVE NOSE GR STEERING.STEERING LINK HAD BEEN REMOVED DUE TO FAILED STEERING ACTUATOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N855SA
- Reported as
- Beech 99
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ft Lauderdale
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.