- Date
- March 9, 1968
- Place
- Pittsburgh, PA · PITTSBURGH, PA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3560XMitsubishi MU-2B
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111162
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0828 68/3/9 PITTSBURGH,PA MITSUBISHI MU-2B CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1108 N3560X PX- 0 0 3 DEMONSTRATION 36, 12950 TOTAL HOURS, 35 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREATER PITTSBURG TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BINDING PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- DRAG LINK TWISTED,CAUSED NOSE GR TO JAM.NEWLY DESIGNED DRAG LINK REPLACED BY MANUFACTURER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3560X
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Greater Pittsburg
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.