- Date
- May 8, 1978
- Place
- Muscle Shoals, AL · MUSCLE SHOALS, AL
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N70ASwearingen 226-TC
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 141608
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0005 78/5/8 MUSCLE SHOALS,AL SWEARINGEN 226-TC CR- 0 0 2 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2146 N70A PX- 0 0 5 45, 17000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - MUSCLE SHOALS OPERATOR - SOUTHERN AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEMPHIS,TN MUSCLE SHOALS,AL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: RELAYS AND WIRING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70A
- Reported as
- Swearingen 226-TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Muscle Shoals
N70ARegistration cancelled Oct 15, 2012 · Swearingen SA226TCAirframe modelSwearingen SA226TCEngine modelAiResearch TPE331 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.