- Date
- February 22, 1978
- Place
- Newark, NJ · NEWARK, NJ
- Injuries
- 12 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N26222Nord 262A
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 142846
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0002 78/2/22 NEWARK,NJ NORD 262A CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1700 N26222 PX- 0 0 9 45, 14513 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 5108 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWARK OPERATOR - U.S. AIR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHILADELPHI,PA NEWARK,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: SUBSTANDARD QUALITY CONTROL AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- LNDG GR SHOCK STRJT P/N 517 FRACTURED AT CAP AREA.MATERIAL DOESNT MEET AEROSPATIALE 517 REQMTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26222
- Reported as
- Nord 262A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Newark
N26222Registration cancelled Jul 14, 1982 · Aerospatiale NORD 262AAirframe modelAerospatiale NORD 262A
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.