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) |
Destination airport: | Philadelphia International Airport, PA (PHL/KPHL) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative: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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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NYC73AN052 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
The Lockheed Twins / P.J. Marsden
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