- Date
- April 24, 1964
- Place
- Cleveland, OH · CLEVELAND, OH
- Injuries
- 6 minor, 78 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N125USLockheed L-188
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185604
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0055 64/4/24 CLEVELAND OHIO LOCKHEED L-188 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1855 N125US PX- 0 0 77 43, 17195 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 852 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOPKINS OPERATOR - NORTHWEST AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) REMARKS- GEAR DOWN DETENT WORN, SELECTOR CABLE IMPROPERLY RIGGED AND GEAR SELECTOR CAM RETENTION NUT LOOSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N125US
- Reported as
- Lockheed L-188
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hopkins
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.