- Date
- May 8, 1963
- Place
- Newark, NJ · NEWARK, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3415Convair 340
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108183
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0037 63/5/8 NEWARK,NJ CONVAIR 340 CR- 0 0 2 TRAINING ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1307 N3415 PX- 0 0 0 45, 17300 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWARK OPERATOR - U.S. AIR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT REMARKS- LNDG GR WARNING HORN MIS-RIGGED. GR LTS OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3415
- Reported as
- Convair 340
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Newark