- Date
- December 5, 1972
- Place
- Homestead, FL · HOMESTEAD, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2991Beech D18S
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169304
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3891 72/12/5 HOMESTEAD,FLA BEECH D18S CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 25 TIME - 1730 N2991 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOMESTEAD GENERAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOMESTEAD,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- RIGHT BRAKE LOCKED.TAIL LDG GR BROKE OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2991
- Reported as
- Beech D18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Homestead General
N2991Registration cancelled Feb 2, 2012 · Beech D18SAirframe modelBeech D18SEngine 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.