- Date
- May 31, 1973
- Place
- Minneapolis, MN · MINNEAPOLIS, MN
- Injuries
- 52 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N968NConvair 580
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 189843
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0017 73/5/31 MINNEAPOLIS,MINN CONVAIR 580 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1707 N968N PX- 0 0 49 UNK/NR, 13309 TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 1057 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - MINNEAPOLIS-ST.PA OPERATOR - NORTH CENTRAL AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATERTOWN,S DAK MINNEAPOLIS,MINN 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 - CHAFED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE TOO LOW PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- R GR WOULDNT EXTEND.UPLATCH CABLE FAILED AT PULLEY.GR EMER SYS INOP DUE LEAKS & STICKY UPLATCH CYL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N968N
- Reported as
- Convair 580
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Minneapolis-St.Pa
N968NRegistration cancelled Apr 11, 2007 · Convair 440Airframe modelConvair 440Engine modelAllison 501-D13 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 N968N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.