- Date
- January 17, 1973
- Place
- Fresno, CA · FRESNO, CA
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N118LBeech D18S
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730117000949A
- Case key
- 169544
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0098 73/1/17 FRESNO,CALIF BEECH D18S CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1819 N118L PX- 0 0 6 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 51, 11500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 400 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FRESNO AIR TERM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BAKERSFIELD,CALIF FRESNO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- R GR CHAIN DRIVE MASTER LINK FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N118L
- Reported as
- Beech D18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fresno Air Term
N118LRegistration cancelled Nov 13, 2013 · Beech D18SAirframe modelBeech D18SEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N118L · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.