Grumman G-159 N80AC

25 November 1975 · New Castle, Delaware, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 25 November 1975 at about 15:01 local time, a Grumman G-159 registered N80AC, operated by Allied Chemica, was involved in an incident during the landing phase of flight near New Castle, Delaware, United States. 3 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: 25 November 1975 at 15:01
Classification: Incident
Location: New Castle, Delaware, United States
Nearest airport: Greater Wilmingto
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Grumman G-159
Registration: N80AC
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Allied Chemica
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Check
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Morristown, Nj → S
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 5-0045

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

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

UPLOCK ATTACH NUT AND BOLT MISSING. UPLOCK WOULDNOT RELEASE.

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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