Grumman G-73 N1208

4 December 1964 · Bethel Alas, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 4 December 1964 at about 15:53 local time, a Grumman G-73 registered N1208, operated by Northern Consolidated Airlines, Inc., was involved in an incident during the landing phase of flight near Bethel Alas, Alaska, United States. 4 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: 4 December 1964 at 15:53
Classification: Incident
Location: Bethel Alas, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport: Bethel
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Grumman G-73
Registration: N1208
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Northern Consolidated Airlines, Inc.
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Minor
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 4-0065

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	0	0	4

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

PILOT DEPLETED RES HYD FLUID-RESULTING IN INSUFFICIENT FLUID/PRESSURE AVAIL TO LOCK DOWN NOSE GEAR

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 4-0065, 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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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
20 Dec 1965	Grumman G-73 N1208	Bethel, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Northern Consolidated Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
12 Feb 1965	Grumman G-73 N2940	Oklahoma Cty Okla, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
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20 Oct 1967	Grumman G-73 N2970	Freeport, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	Coastal Aviati	No injuries	-
11 Apr 1967	Grumman G-73 N2964	Ossining, New York, United States no coordinates	St.lawrence AV	No injuries	-
27 May 1967	Grumman G-73 N2968	Avalon, California, United States no coordinates	Swiftair Servi	Fatal	1

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