- Date
- June 11, 1981
- Place
- Middletown, PA · MIDDLETOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 15 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N331CAShorts SD3-30
- Status
- Completed · report December 17, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19810611042439I
- Case key
- 80099
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0047 81/6/11 MIDDLETOWN,PA SHORTS SD3-30 CR- 0 0 3 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1959 N331CA PX- 0 0 12 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 31, 7400 TOTAL HOURS, 305 DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - HARRISBURG INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW YORK,NY MIDDLETOWN,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- LNDD W UNSAFE INDICATION FOR R MAIN GEAR.FOUND BROKEN WIRES ON DOWNLOCK SW,PN 216N9-10.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N331CA
- Reported as
- Shorts SD3-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Harrisburg Intl
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.