- Date
- April 6, 1970
- Place
- Teterboro, NJ · TETERBORO, NJ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2500Beech D-18S
- Status
- Completed · report July 27, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 131261
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0006 70/4/6 TETERBORO,NJ BEECH D-18S CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1516 N2500 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 27, 2465 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 429 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JOHNSTOWN,PA TETERBORO,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED REMARKS- L MAIN LDG GR RETRACT CHAIN NOT IN PROPER ADJUSTMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2500
- Reported as
- Beech D-18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
N2500Registration cancelled Jan 17, 2018 · Beech D18SAirframe modelBeech D18SEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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.