- Date
- September 19, 1970
- Place
- Rochester, MN · ROCHESTER, MN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5043KBeech C-45H
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 146938
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3782 70/9/19 ROCHESTER,MINN BEECH C-45H CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 4223 TIME - 1520 N5043K PX- 0 0 2 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 44 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SIZER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROSEAU,MINN ROCHESTER,MINN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: OTHER AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POOR WELD FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- TEMPO WELD KNOWN TO BE IMPROPER. ACFT FERRIED TO HOME BASE,GR DOWN. CAUSE OF ORIG BREAKS UNKN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5043K
- Reported as
- Beech C-45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sizer
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.