- Date
- December 12, 1970
- Place
- Minneapolis, MN · MINNEAPOLIS, MN
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5043KBeech C-45H
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159268
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3176 70/12/12 MINNEAPOLIS,MINN BEECH C-45H CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1040 N5043K PX- 0 0 3 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 26, 4240 TOTAL HOURS, 920 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WOLD-CHAMBERLAIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROSEAU,MINN MINNEAPOLIS,MINN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE,NONE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- NOSE STRUT FLAT,ALLOWED NOSE WHEEL FORK TO HIT WALKING BEAM NACELLE ATTACH BOLT. VOLPAR MK 4 GR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5043K
- Reported as
- Beech C-45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wold-Chamberlain
N5043KRegistration cancelled Apr 27, 2015 · Beech C-45HAirframe modelBeech C-45HEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 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.
Other investigations on N5043K · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.