- Date
- December 19, 1968
- Place
- Fresno, CA · FRESNO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6800QBeech 65-80
- Status
- Completed · report February 18, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191836
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4446 68/12/19 FRESNO,CALIF BEECH 65-80 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 3600 TIME - 2350 N6800Q PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FRESNO AIR TERM. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- NUT ASSEMBLY LNDG GR ACTUATOR TUBE P/N 50-810246-1 BROKEN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6800Q
- Reported as
- Beech 65-80
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fresno Air Term.
N6800QRegistration cancelled Apr 24, 2013 · Beech 65-80Airframe modelBeech 65-80Engine modelLycoming IGSO-540-B1A
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