- Date
- August 18, 1974
- Place
- Pittsburgh, PA · PITTSBURGH, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N536DBeech D50E
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 134386
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2501 74/8/18 PITTSBURGH,PA BEECH D50E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, 2520 TIME - 1849 N536D PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 77 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALLEGHENY CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INDIAN LAKE,PA LATROBE,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/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- NOSE GR ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY P/N 50-820107 ALL SIX SURFACES ON 3 PIECES WERE DARK AND DISCOLORED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N536D
- Reported as
- Beech D50E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Allegheny Co
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