- Date
- September 18, 1968
- Place
- Kansas City, KS · KANSAS CITY, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N173DBeech 95-B55
- Status
- Completed · report December 18, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107869
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3621 68/9/18 KANSAS CITY,KANS BEECH 95-B55 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 6000 TIME - 1200 N173D PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 1501 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FAIRFAX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION REMARKS- LNDG GR SWITCH PLACARD LOOSE,PREVENTED LEVER FROM LOCKING IN DOWN POSITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N173D
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fairfax
N173DRegistered now · Beech 95-B55 (T42A)Airframe modelBeech 95-B55 (T42A)Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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Other investigations on N173D · 1
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