- Date
- July 31, 1969
- Place
- Patrick Afb, FL · PATRICK AFB, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N157LBeech C-45H
- Status
- Completed · report January 2, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164990
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2641 69/7/31 PATRICK AFB,FLA BEECH C-45H CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 1469 TIME - 0029 N157L PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 444 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PATRICK AFB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAVANNAH,GA PATRICK AFB,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- CAM IN GR SWITCH FAILED. CREW WAS UNABLE TO TELL GR POSITION FROM INDICATOR UPON MANUAL EXTENSION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N157L
- Reported as
- Beech C-45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Patrick Afb
N157LRegistration cancelled Sep 5, 2014 · Beech C-45HAirframe modelBeech C-45HEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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.