Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | Tuesday 12 November 1968 |
Time: | 17:28 |
Type: | Convair CV-580 |
Operator: | Tex Johnson Inc |
Registration: | N73135 |
MSN: | 85 |
First flight: | 1953 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, CA (SBA) ( United States of America)
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Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, CA (SBA/KSBA), United States of America |
Narrative:Belly landed during a training flight. The landing gear warning horn did not sound.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSES:
dual student - failed to extend landing gear
pilot in command - inadequate supervision of flight
FACTORS:
miscellaneous acts, conditions - checklist-failed to use
airframe - landing gear: landing gear warning and indicating components
Sources:
» World Directory of Airliner Crashes
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.