- Date
- February 14, 1970
- Place
- Danbury, CT · DANBURY, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N312PEBeech 65-A80
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 136044
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0888 70/2/14 DANBURY,CONN BEECH 65-A80 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 1170 TIME - 1415 N312PE PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 230 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DANBURY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TETERBORO,NJ DANBURY,CONN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE,NONE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION REMARKS- BOTH BRAKE CYLS LEAKED. ACFT HAD HISTORY OF BRAKE PROBLEMS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N312PE
- Reported as
- Beech 65-A80
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Danbury
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Other investigations on N312PE · 1
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