Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 03 APR 1973 |
| Time: | 14:20 |
| Type: | Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation |
| Operator: | Aircraft Airframe Inc |
| Registration: | N6906C |
| C/n / msn: | 4020 |
| First flight: | 1952 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Miami, FL (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Taxi (TXI) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA), United States of America |
| Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA), United States of America |
Damaged beyond repair after the right undercarriage retracted whilst taxiing. Hydraulic pressure was lost for undetermined reasons. The aircraft was withdrawn from use and finally broken up in 1974.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
airframe - landing gear: normal retraction/extension assembly
miscellaneous acts,conditions - leak/leakage
miscellaneous acts,conditions - material failure Sources:
» NTSB
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Distance from Miami International Airport, FL to Miami International Airport, FL as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Miami International Airport, FL to Miami International Airport, FL as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
