- Date
- May 4, 1964
- Place
- Rochester, NY · ROCHESTER, NY
- Injuries
- 29 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N37558Douglas DC-6B
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185598
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0025 64/5/4 ROCHESTER N Y DOUGLAS DC-6B CR- 0 0 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1759 N37558 PX- 0 0 24 48, 16500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1540 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROCHESTER MUNIC OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- NOSE GEAR DOWN LATCH MECHANISM MALADJUSTED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37558
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-6B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rochester Munic
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