- Date
- September 13, 1965
- Place
- Dover, DE · DOVER, DE
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5132BCurtis C-46
- Status
- Completed · report January 28, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176291
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0058 65/9/13 DOVER DEL CURTIS C-46 CR- 0 0 3 MILITARY CTR CARGO DOM AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0900 N5132B PX- 0 0 0 34, 4166 TOTAL HOURS, 778 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOVER AFB OPERATOR - ZANTOP AIR TRANSPORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FIRE WARNING SYSTEM: POWERPLANT SYSTEMS - HYDRAULIC SYSTEM: SEALS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYDRAULIC FAILURE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FALSE FIRE WARNING SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS DRIZZLE, RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 66 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 90 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- PROP FEATHRD DUE FALSE FR WRNG-GR WOULD NOT LCK DOWN DUE TO HYD.PRESS.LEAK IN WINDSHIELD WIPER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5132B
- Reported as
- Curtis C-46
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dover Afb
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