Beechcraft 99A N788C
9 April 1972 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 9 April 1972 at about 18:00 local time, a Beechcraft 99A registered N788C, operated by Altair Airlin*, was involved in an incident during the landing phase of flight near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. 9 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 18:00
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Nearest airport
- Philadelphia Intl
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft 99A
- Registration
- N788C
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Altair Airlin*
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- S → Return
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 5-0009
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
L GR ACTUATOR BOSS FAILED, TIME UNDETERMINED. LNDWITH L GR PARTIALLY EXTENDED.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Beechcraft 99 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Feb 1972 | Beechcraft 99 | Spokane, Washington, United States | Cascade Airwa* | Minor injuries | - |
| 16 Mar 1972 | Beechcraft 99 | Friendship Int, Maryland, United States | Henson Aviati* | No injuries | - |
| 30 Nov 1972 | Beechcraft 99 | New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States | Penn.commuter | No injuries | - |
| 18 Feb 1972 | Beechcraft 99A | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | Air East Inc * | No injuries | - |
| 18 Apr 1973 | Beechcraft 99A | Wichita, Kansas, United States | Air Midwest, In | No injuries | - |
| 21 Nov 1971 | Beechcraft 99A | Ft.lauderdale, Florida, United States | Shawnee Airli* | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Feb 1972 | Piper PA-11 | Moberly, Missouri, United States | Tail Draggers | Fatal | 1 |
| 13 Jan 1972 | Piper PA-28R | Paradise, Washington, United States | Sportsman Airp | Fatal | 3 |
| 10 May 1972 | Douglas DC-9 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 1 Jul 1972 | Cessna 172K | Maysville, Kentucky, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 3 Oct 1972 | Piper PA-22 | Oxford, Connecticut, United States | Oxford Flying | Minor injuries | - |
| 6 Aug 1972 | Amer Avco AA1A | Atco, New Jersey, United States | - | No injuries | - |