- Date
- March 16, 1971
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA · PHILADELPHIA, PA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N343VBeech C-45G
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79354
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0027 71/3/16 PHILADELPHIA,PA BEECH C-45G CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2250 N343V PX- 0 0 4 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 39, 8219 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 1193 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - NO.PHILADELPHIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHILADELPHIA,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- ROLLED O RING SEAL IN NOSE WHEEL STRUT RESTRICTING NOSE WHEEL TRAVEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N343V
- Reported as
- Beech C-45G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- No.Philadelphia
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