- Date
- June 28, 1976
- Place
- Chico, CA · CHICO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N74183Douglas C-54B
- Status
- Completed · report October 28, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 155054
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0017 76/6/28 CHICO,CA DOUGLAS C-54B CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1547 N74183 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 36, 8100 TOTAL HOURS, 20 DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - CHICO MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICO,CA EVERETT,WA. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - HYDRAULIC SYSTEM: RESERVOIR,LINES,FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYDRAULIC FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- HYDRAULIC LINE RUPTURED.FLUID FED FIRE ACCSSRY SCTN.ACFT EXPERIMENTAL CERT EXPIRED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74183
- Reported as
- Douglas C-54B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Chico Municipal
N74183Registration cancelled Oct 19, 2012 · Douglas C-54Airframe modelDouglas C-54Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-2000 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.
Other investigations on N74183 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.