- Date
- August 16, 1972
- Place
- Russelville, AL · RUSSELVILLE, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5479UBeech 56TC
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167860
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3154 72/8/16 RUSSELVILLE,ALA BEECH 56TC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 2747 TIME - 1450 N5479U PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RUSSELVILLE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DESTIN,FLA RUSSELVILLE,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE TOO LOW PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT REMARKS- LEFT TIRE DEFLATED INFLIGHT. LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED DUE TO IMPROPER RIGGING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5479U
- Reported as
- Beech 56TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Russelville Muni
N5479URegistration cancelled Aug 15, 2013 · Beech 56TCAirframe modelBeech 56TCEngine modelLycoming TI0-541 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.
Other investigations on N5479U · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.