- Date
- September 21, 1969
- Place
- Newark, NJ · NEWARK, NJ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3147KCessna 421
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 186971
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3120 69/9/21 NEWARK,NJ CESSNA 421 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2258 N3147K PX- 0 0 3 CORP/EXEC 41, 7950 TOTAL HOURS, 300 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TETERBORO,NJ NEWARK,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER CLEARANCE-TOLERANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE REMARKS- EXCESSIVE PLAY IN LDG GR BRACE ASSY PN 504-1000-12 CAUSED LOSS OF PRELOAD ON POSITIVE LOCK LINK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3147K
- Reported as
- Cessna 421
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Newark