ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330357
| Date: | Sunday 15 October 1972 |
| Time: | 11:27 |
| Type: |  Howard 350 |
| Owner/operator: | Mar Pon Inc. |
| Registration: | N361MC |
| MSN: | 5275 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Philadelphia International Airport, PA (PHL) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Newark Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR) |
| Philadelphia International Airport, PA (PHL/KPHL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Howard 350, N361MC, was destroyed in a landing accident at Philadelphia International Airport, PA (PHL).
The pilot inadvertently retracted the landing gear after touchdown. The left wing fuel tank ruptured and a post-impact fire erupted.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - inadvertently retracted gear
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
The Lockheed Twins / P.J. Marsden
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