- Date
- November 4, 1970
- Place
- Savannah, GA · SAVANNAH, GA
- Injuries
- 31 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4611Boeing 727-35
- Status
- Completed · report March 8, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 152659
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0040 70/11/4 SAVANNAH,GA BOEING 727-35 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1115 N4611 PX- 0 0 25 35, 5247 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 3455 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAVANNAH OPERATOR - NATIONAL AIRLINES,INC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP JACKSONVILLE,FLA NEW YORK,NY SAVANNAH,GA 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 REMARKS- R MAIN L/G AFT TRUNNION SUPPORT BEAM P/N 65-16230-16.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4611
- Reported as
- Boeing 727-35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Savannah
N4611Registration cancelled Dec 31, 1992 · Tomalesky Peter ACRO CATAirframe modelTomalesky Peter ACRO CAT
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 N4611 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.