- Date
- July 6, 1964
- Place
- El Monte, CA · EL MONTE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7898CBeechcraft A45
- Status
- Completed · report October 9, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182950
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1956 64/7/6 EL MONTE CALIF BEECHCRAFT A45 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 1082 TIME - 1640 N7898C PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 173 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EL MONTE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- NOSE GEAR RETRACT ROD PLUNGER ASSEMBLY FAILED AT ATTACH POINT TO GEAR RETRACT IDLER ARM ASSEMBLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7898C
- Reported as
- Beechcraft A45
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- El Monte
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