ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330722
Date: | Friday 17 September 1971 |
Time: | 13:20 |
Type: | Canadair C-54GM North Star |
Owner/operator: | Air Caicos |
Registration: | CF-UXB |
MSN: | 117 |
Year of manufacture: | 1948 |
Total airframe hrs: | 21674 hours |
Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Merlin 622 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Sarasota Airport, FL (SRQ) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | Sarasota-Bradenton Airport, FL (SRQ/KSRQ) |
Destination airport: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The crew didn't get 'three greens' while trying to land at Miami. Even after a bounce touch-and-go, the left main gear remained in the up-position.
The pilot then flew to Sarasota where two more bounce touch-and-goes were made. The aircraft finally approached with props no. 1 and 4 feathered. At 500 feet the remaining engines were shut down; the DC-4M touched down and slid for 1800 feet on the grass.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
airframe - landing gear: normal retraction/extension assembly
miscellaneous acts,conditions - material failure
airframe - landing gear: emergency/extension assembly
miscellaneous acts,conditions - improperly installed
personnel - maintenance,servicing,inspection: inadequate maintenance and inspection
FACTOR:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - intentional wheels-up
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | MIA72AM028 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sep 18, 1971 Revision history:
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