- Date
- November 8, 1967
- Place
- Ft Wayne, IN · FT WAYNE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N135MAero Comdr 500
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112850
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4111 67/11/8 FT WAYNE,IND AERO COMDR 500 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 373 TIME - 0830 N135M PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 105 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SMITH FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYDRAULIC FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE REMARKS- STRUCK PIPER,N4524R,EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.FLUID LEAKAGE,BY-PASSED O RING SEALS,SHRUNK BY COLD TEMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N135M
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 500
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Smith Field
N135MRegistration cancelled Feb 28, 2011 · Aero Commander 500Airframe modelAero Commander 500Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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.