- Date
- April 5, 1974
- Place
- Naples, FL · NAPLES, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N494Beech C-45H
- Status
- Completed · report April 29, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740405007069A
- Case key
- 186518
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0581 74/4/5 NAPLES,FLA BEECH C-45H CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 10902 TIME - 1025 N494 PX- 0 0 0 OTHER PUBLIC TOTAL HOURS, 2623 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NAPLES MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NAPLES,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED REMARKS- BOTH LNDG GR SLIDE TUBES APRX 1/2 TRAVEL,BENT ABT 11IN FM CTR LINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N494
- Reported as
- Beech C-45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Naples Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N494 · 1
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