- Date
- March 21, 1969
- Place
- Ft.Lauderdale, FL · FT.LAUDERDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N161UBeech C-45G
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190770
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0409 69/3/21 FT.LAUDERDALE,FLA BEECH C-45G CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1154 N161U PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 47, 12000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOLLYWOOD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION REMARKS- VOLPAR TRI GR. NOSE GR FORK HAD LONGITUDINAL CRACK. SERVICE BULLETIN NR 7 ON GR INSPECTION NCW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N161U
- Reported as
- Beech C-45G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hollywood
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.
Other investigations on N161U · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.