ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333255
Date: | Wednesday 22 August 1962 |
Time: | 07:48 |
Type: | Martin 4-0-4 |
Owner/operator: | Piedmont Airlines |
Registration: | N40401 |
MSN: | 14101 |
Total airframe hrs: | 20260 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Wilmington-New Hanover County Airport, NC (ILM) -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Wilmington-New Hanover County Airport, NC (ILM/KILM) |
Destination airport: | Wilmington-New Hanover County Airport, NC (ILM/KILM) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The Martin 4-0-4 was engaged in a local training flight out of Wilmington (ILM). Upon landing the airplane swerved off the runway, causing substantial damage.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Unwanted propeller reversal during a critical phase of landing caused by malfunction of the propeller low pitch stop lever assembly, resulting from foreign matter in the servo valve control."
Sources:
NTSB File 1-0057
Location
Images:
photo (c) unknown (Smithsonian Institution); in flight (CC:by)
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