- Date
- June 25, 1967
- Place
- Frankfort, IL · FRANKFORT, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N173VN.American SNJ-4
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116252
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2152 67/6/25 FRANKFORT,ILL N.AMERICAN SNJ-4 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1230 N173V PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING 36, 15795 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 339 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FRANKFORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- LEFT BRAKE FAILED TO HOLD. PLT GRND LOOPED ACFT TO RT TO AVOID SWERVING ACFT INTO SPECTATORS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N173V
- Reported as
- N.American SNJ-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Frankfort
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