- Date
- May 28, 1963
- Place
- Manhattan, KS · MANHATTAN, KS
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 69 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N189SLockheed 1049G
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180980
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0007 63/5/28 MANHATTAN,KANS LOCKHEED 1049G CR- 0 0 6 MILITARY CTR PASSG DOM AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1746 N189S PX- 0 1 63 44, 16200 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 357 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MANHATTAN OPERATOR - STANDARD AIRWAYS,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER LANDING: FINAL APPROACH UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: ELECTRIC PITCH CONTROL MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - THRUST REVERSAL-UNWANTED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- INFLIGHT REVERSAL OF NO.3 PROPELLER DUE TO MALFUNCTION OF PROPELLER POWER UNIT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N189S
- Reported as
- Lockheed 1049G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Manhattan
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