ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330222
| Date: | Tuesday 3 April 1973 |
| Time: | 14:20 |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation |
| Owner/operator: | Aircraft Airframe Inc |
| Registration: | N6906C |
| MSN: | 4020 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1952 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Miami, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) |
| Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Damaged beyond repair after the right undercarriage retracted whilst taxiing. Hydraulic pressure was lost for undetermined reasons. The aircraft was withdrawn from use and finally broken up in 1974.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
airframe - landing gear: normal retraction/extension assembly
miscellaneous acts,conditions - leak/leakage
miscellaneous acts,conditions - material failure
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA); 26 August 1973
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