- Date
- December 5, 1968
- Place
- Watertown, NY · WATERTOWN, NY
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N900JLAero Comdr 1121
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107224
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3841 68/12/5 WATERTOWN,NY AERO COMDR 1121 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0937 N900JL PX- 0 0 4 CORP/EXEC 36, 4890 TOTAL HOURS, 425 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WATERTOWN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND BLOWING SNOW LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 32 210 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 14 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- L FORK OF L MAIN GR FAILED.L QUARTERING HEAD WIND 14K,GUSTS TO 21K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N900JL
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 1121
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Watertown