- Date
- March 20, 1964
- Place
- West Palm Bc, FL · WEST PALM BC, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2954Grumman G73
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184888
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0168 64/3/20 WEST PALM BC FLA GRUMMAN G73 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 18500 TIME - 1900 N2954 PX- 0 0 3 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 800 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KEY WEST INT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - HYDRAULIC SYSTEM: RESERVOIR,LINES,FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY REMARKS- MAIN HYD. PRESSURE LINE TEE FITTING FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2954
- Reported as
- Grumman G73
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Key West Int
N2954Registration cancelled Jan 18, 2018 · Grumman G-73Airframe modelGrumman G-73Engine modelPratt & Whitney W-S1H&S3H
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