- Date
- December 7, 1980
- Place
- Greensboro, NC · GREENSBORO, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N66JMBaby GR LKS 1
- Status
- Completed · report January 7, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801207071539A
- Case key
- 127827
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3062 80/12/7 GREENSBORO,NC BABY GR LKS 1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1500 N66JM PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 31, 2170 TOTAL HOURS, 15 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AIR HARBOR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENSBORO,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POOR WELD REMARKS- L MAIN LNDG GEAR SHOCK STRUT FAILED AT PREVIOUS WELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66JM
- Reported as
- Baby GR LKS 1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Air Harbor
N66JMRegistration cancelled Nov 7, 2014 · Mihaila BABY GREAT LAKESAirframe modelMihaila BABY GREAT LAKESEngine modelContinental C85 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.