- Date
- April 3, 1967
- Place
- Rockford, IL · ROCKFORD, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7834Aero Comdr 520
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117469
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1082 67/4/3 ROCKFORD, ILL AERO COMDR 520 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0649 N7834 PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS 26, 3580 TOTAL HOURS, 9 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREATER ROCKFORD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS REMARKS- NOSE GEAR ROD ENDS TURNED OPPOSITE TO MANUAL DIRECTIONS. LNDG GEAR DOWN LIGHT OUT OF ADJUSTMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7834
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 520
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Greater Rockford
N7834Registration cancelled Jun 14, 2013 · Aero Commander 520Airframe modelAero Commander 520Engine modelLycoming GO-435C&D 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.
Other investigations on N7834 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MIA84LA227Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportStuart, FLThe acft collided with a fence at the departure end of the rwy during takeoff. The acft tires were grossly under inflated and the turf rwy was wet and soft. One witness said the acft made an intersection takeoff without using the entire rwy length. After the…NTSB FTW66F0458Accident · No injuriesClosedCleo Springs, OK