- Date
- March 27, 1978
- Place
- Newark, NJ · NEWARK, NJ
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N339PLBeech 99
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780327011359I
- Case key
- 142559
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0301 78/3/27 NEWARK,NJ BEECH 99 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1052 N339PL PX- 0 0 5 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 32, 5500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 4000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWARK,NJ WILLIAMSPORT,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: ON GROUND TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- INNER AND OUTER #2 LEFT INBOARD MAIN WHEEL BEARINGS FAILED. WHEEL CAME OFF DURING TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N339PL
- Reported as
- Beech 99
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Newark
FAA reports on this event · 1
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