- Date
- October 6, 1970
- Place
- Lithonia, GA · LITHONIA, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2052CBeech 95
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158539
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3925 70/10/6 LITHONIA,GA BEECH 95 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1305 N2052C PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 39, 9917 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 142 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GUNN AIRFIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LITHONIA,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYDRAULIC FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE REMARKS- BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR EMPTY.L BRAKE WHEEL ASSY SHOWED SIGNS OF HYD LEAKAGE,DISC WORN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2052C
- Reported as
- Beech 95
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gunn Airfield
N2052CRegistration cancelled Apr 9, 2013 · Beech 95Airframe modelBeech 95Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.