- Date
- August 9, 1972
- Place
- Melvin Village, NH · MELVIN VILLAGE, NH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N451ERepublic RC3
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167895
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3108 72/8/9 MELVIN VILLAGE,NH REPUBLIC RC3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1445 N451E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 43, 15000 TOTAL HOURS, 22 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MELVIN BAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MELVIN VILLAGE,NH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-DOWN LANDING IN WATER LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- PLT INADVERTENTLY EXTENDED LDG GR FOR WATER LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N451E
- Reported as
- Republic RC3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Melvin Bay
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