- Date
- September 18, 1978
- Place
- Garden City, KS · GARDEN CITY, KS
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6238QCessna 401A
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780918032969A
- Case key
- 139682
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2776 78/9/18 GARDEN CITY,KS CESSNA 401A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 58, 2635 TIME - 1540 N6238Q PX- 0 0 4 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1154 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GARDEN CITY MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AMARILLO,TX GARDEN CITY,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- L-HAND BELLCRANK ASSEMBLY,P/N 5041001-1,BROKEN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6238Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 401A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Garden City Muni
N6238QRegistration cancelled May 10, 2013 · Cessna 401AAirframe modelCessna 401AEngine modelContinental TSIO-520-E
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6238Q · 2
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