- Date
- May 28, 1963
- Place
- Atlantic City, NJ · ATLANTIC CITY, NJ
- Injuries
- 41 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8427HConvair 340
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107527
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0031 63/5/28 ATLANTIC CITY,NJ CONVAIR 340 CR- 0 0 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1844 N8427H PX- 0 0 37 45, 9375 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1250 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ATLANTIC CITY OPERATOR - U.S. AIR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE UNUSUAL NOISE REMARKS- LFT GR STRUT GLAND NUT BACKED OFF DUE LOCKING SCREWS OF INADEQUATE LENGTH.GR SEPARATED,STRUCK, BLD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8427H
- Reported as
- Convair 340
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Atlantic City