- Date
- July 21, 1965
- Place
- Wichita, KS · WICHITA, KS
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N388RLear Jet 23
- Status
- Completed · report September 22, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176555
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2269 65/7/21 WICHITA KANS LEAR JET 23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 14989 TIME - 1659 N388R PX- 0 0 5 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCCONNEL AFB 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 - LOW FLUID LEVEL PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT REMARKS- NOSE GEAR SHOCK STRUT NOT PROPERLY SERVICED WITH AIR AND OIL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N388R
- Reported as
- Lear Jet 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mcconnel Afb