- Date
- August 9, 1972
- Place
- Chignik, AK · CHIGNIK, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N29179Cessna U206C
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168389
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3335 72/8/9 CHIGNIK,ALAS CESSNA U206C CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 9000 TIME - 0930 N29179 PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 4000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHIGNIK BAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHIGNIK LAGOON,ALAS CHIGNIK,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SHEARED REMARKS- NOSE WHEEL UPPER SCISSOR COLLAR,P/N1243811-1,FRACTURED BOLT.NOSE WHEEL COCKED ON LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29179
- Reported as
- Cessna U206C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chignik Bay
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Other investigations on N29179 · 2
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