- Date
- September 28, 1965
- Place
- Grand Rapids, MI · GRAND RAPIDS, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8220KStinson 108-1
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175649
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2835 65/9/28 GRAND RAPIDS MICH STINSON 108-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 150 TIME - 1532 N8220K PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 138 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KENT COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE REMARKS- TAIL WHEEL SPRING ASSEMBLY FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8220K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kent County
N8220KRegistration cancelled Jan 22, 1976 · Stinson 108-1Airframe modelStinson 108-1Engine modelFranklin 6A4150 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.