- Date
- April 9, 1972
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA · PHILADELPHIA, PA
- Injuries
- 9 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N788CBeech 99A
- Status
- Completed · report January 3, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166782
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0009 72/4/9 PHILADELPHIA,PA BEECH 99A CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1800 N788C PX- 0 0 7 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - PHILADELPHIA INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP PHILADELPHIA,PA RETURN ALLENTOWN,PA 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 - JAMMED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- L GR ACTUATOR BOSS FAILED,TIME UNDETERMINED. LND WITH L GR PARTIALLY EXTENDED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N788C
- Reported as
- Beech 99A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Philadelphia Intl
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