- Date
- April 2, 1975
- Place
- Mobile, AL · MOBILE, AL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N69289Cessna 421B
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750402005509A
- Case key
- 146848
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1000 75/4/2 MOBILE,AL CESSNA 421B CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 10515 TIME - 1136 N69289 PX- 0 0 2 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 423 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BATES FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAFAYETTE,LA NEW ORLEANS,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- R MAIN LNDG GEAR COLLAPSED DUE FAILURE OF GEAR EXTENSION MECHANISM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69289
- Reported as
- Cessna 421B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bates Field
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.