- Date
- July 2, 1962
- Place
- Wilmington, DE · WILMINGTON, DE
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6501RArmstrong AW650
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119196
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0022 62/7/2 WILMINGTON,DEL ARMSTRONG AW650 CR- 0 0 6 TRAINING CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 2008 N6501R PX- 0 0 0 UNK/NR, 5000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 700 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRTR WILMINGTON OPERATOR - CAPITOL AIRWAYS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILMINGTON,DEL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- FATIGUE FAILURE OF R LDG GR LOWER DRAG STRUT FITTING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6501R
- Reported as
- Armstrong AW650
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grtr Wilmington
N6501RRegistration cancelled Feb 15, 1963 · Armstrong Whitworth ARGOSY AW650 SER 101Airframe modelArmstrong Whitworth ARGOSY AW650 SER 101
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.