- Date
- December 11, 1978
- Place
- Sacramento, CA · SACRAMENTO, CA
- Injuries
- 11 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N76PHDehavilland DHC-6
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781211024789I
- Case key
- 138250
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0029 78/12/11 SACRAMENTO,CA DEHAVILLAND DHC-6 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0907 N76PH PX- 0 0 9 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 31, 5568 TOTAL HOURS, 96 DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - SACRAMENTO METRO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SACRAMENTO,CA EUREKA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: SUBSTANDARD QUALITY CONTROL AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POOR WELD REMARKS- FAILED RT GEAR STRUT.P/N C6U1103-S4.S/N 496.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76PH
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Sacramento Metro
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.