SEA74IS025

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 720A · Moses Lake, WA · December 5, 1973

Incident · No injuriesClosed
Date
December 5, 1973
Place
Moses Lake, WA · MOSES LAKE, WA
Injuries
6 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
N7225UBoeing 720A
Status
Completed · report January 16, 1974
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
187329

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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5-0030   73/12/5   MOSES LAKE,WASH     BOEING 720A         CR-  0  0  6  INSTRUCTIONAL             AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1303                    N7225U              PX-  0  0  0  CHECK                     50, 3800 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            2200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GRANT COUNTY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SEATTLE,WASH                MOSES LAKE,WASH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        REMARKS- NRS 1&2 ENG RETARDED TO IDLE,ILS APCH.LNDD ON NOSE GR AFT 2ND BOUNCE.TYPE-RATING FLT-CHK.

Aircraft

Registration
N7225U
Reported as
Boeing 720A
Category
Airplane
Engine
turbo jet
Damage
Minor damage
Airport
Grant County

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.

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