Rockwell 265-80 N59

24 April 1981 · Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 24 April 1981, a Rockwell 265-80 registered N59, operated by Federal Aviati, was involved in an incident during the landing phase of flight near Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. 5 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: 24 April 1981
Classification: Incident
Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
Nearest airport: Kalamazoo Muni
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Rockwell 265-80
Registration: N59
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Federal Aviati
Operating rule: Federal-Public Aircraft
Purpose of flight: All Other Public Flying
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Champaign, Il → Battle Creek, Mi
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 5-0045

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
5	0	0	0	5

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

RT MLG CYLINDER, P/N 1127L001-2, FAILED.TYPE CYL ONLY USED FOR NA-265-60 & LIGHTER G/WT ACFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 5-0045, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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