- Date
- June 26, 1981
- Place
- St.Croix, VI · ST.CROIX,USVI, VI
- Injuries
- 11 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N314QBeech 65-80
- Status
- Completed · report July 27, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810626036589A
- Case key
- 125789
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1510 81/6/26 ST.CROIX,USVI BEECH 65-80 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1705 N314Q PX- 0 0 10 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 43, 19200 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-I 240 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALEXANDER HAMLTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST.THOMAS,USVI ST.CROIX,USVI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- L MAIN LNDG GEAR ACTUATOR TORQUE TUBE & 2 SUPPORT BRACKETS FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N314Q
- Reported as
- Beech 65-80
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Alexander Hamlton
N314QRegistration cancelled Feb 27, 2012 · Beech 65-A80Airframe modelBeech 65-A80Engine modelLycoming GSO&IGSO-480 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N314Q · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.