ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332346
| Date: | Saturday 9 July 1966 |
| Time: | 09:54 |
| Type: |  Martin 4-0-4 |
| Owner/operator: | Piedmont Airlines |
| Registration: | N40446 |
| MSN: | 14238 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1952 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 42 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Roanoke Municipal Airport, VA (ROA) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Roanoke Municipal Airport, VA (ROA/KROA) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The landing gear retracted while parked on the apron.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
personnel - maintenance,servicing,inspection: improper maintenance (maintenance personnel)
systems - hydraulic system: reservoir,lines,fittings
airframe - landing gear: switches,levers,cranking mechanism,etc.
miscellaneous acts, conditions - disregard of good operating practice
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB File #1-0042
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