- Date
- July 31, 1970
- Place
- New Bedford, MA · NEW BEDFORD, MA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8125FCessna 402
- Status
- Completed · report December 23, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108125
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0019 70/7/31 NEW BEDFORD,MASS CESSNA 402 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1845 N8125F PX- 0 0 2 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 26, 3520 TOTAL HOURS, 650 DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW BEDFORD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW BEDFORD,MASS BOSTON,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY UNUSUAL NOISE REMARKS- NOISE HEARD ON GR RETRACT.NOSE GR COCKED,UN EXTEND.NOSE WHEEL CENTERING ATTACHMENT BOLTS FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8125F
- Reported as
- Cessna 402
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- New Bedford
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Other investigations on N8125F · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.