- Date
- March 10, 1978
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA · PHILADELPHIA, PA
- Injuries
- 10 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N696HAShort SD3-30
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780310014649I
- Case key
- 142850
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0001 78/3/10 PHILADELPHIA,PA SHORT SD3-30 CR- 0 0 3 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1000 N696HA PX- 0 0 7 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 35, 7666 TOTAL HOURS, 325 DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - PHILADELPHIA INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BALTIMORE,MD PHILADELPHIA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT REMARKS- DOWN LOCK PISTON ASSEMBLY FAILED PN-17781-1 MENASCO S/N26.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N696HA
- Reported as
- Short SD3-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Philadelphia Intl
N696HARegistration cancelled Aug 20, 2013 · Short Bros SD3-30 200Airframe modelShort Bros SD3-30 200Engine modelU/A Canada PT6A series
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.