| Date: | Friday 9 March 1973 |
| Time: | 20:24 |
| Type: |  MBB HFB-320 Hansa Jet |
| Owner/operator: | Golden West Airlines |
| Registration: | N320MC |
| MSN: | 1034 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Phoenix-Sky Harbor International Airport, AZ (PHX) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | San Diego International Airport, CA (SAN/KSAN) |
| Phoenix-Sky Harbor International Airport, AZ (PHX/KPHX) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Wheels up landing; pilot failed to lower the gear on approach.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - failed to extend landing gear
FACTOR(S):
miscellaneous acts,conditions - checklist-failed to use
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Phoenix-Sky Harbor International Airport, AZ (PHX); 21 August 1973
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