- Date
- August 2, 1971
- Place
- New Bedford, MA · NEW BEDFORD, MA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8125FCessna 402
- Status
- Completed · report March 16, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162964
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2852 71/8/2 NEW BEDFORD,MASS CESSNA 402 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1941 N8125F PX- 0 0 1 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 27, 3789 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 1695 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW BEDFORD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAGUARDIA ARPT,NY NEW BEDFORD,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP 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 EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- NOSE GR WOULDNT EXTEND. BELLCRANK ADJUSTING ASSY FAILED FOR UNDETERMINED REASON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8125F
- Reported as
- Cessna 402
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- New Bedford
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Other investigations on N8125F · 3
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