- Date
- January 19, 1979
- Place
- St Louis, MO · ST LOUIS, MO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N73161Convair CV580
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 137647
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0018 79/1/19 ST LOUIS,MO CONVAIR CV580 CR- 0 0 3 FERRY AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0943 N73161 PX- 0 0 0 45, 10000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 130 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAMBERT-ST LOUIS OPERATOR - FRONTIER AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KANSAS CITY,MO ST LOUIS,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- NLG DRAG STRUT BROKE, PLN 340-5210105.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73161
- Reported as
- Convair CV580
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lambert-St Louis
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.