- Date
- September 6, 1967
- Place
- Pekin, IL · PEKIN, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N72119Cessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113395
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4749 67/9/6 PEKIN,ILL CESSNA 120 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1720 N72119 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 42, 546 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 230 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PEKIN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- LT GR FAILED DUE TO FATIGUE FAILURE AT BOLT HOLE HOLDING STEP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72119
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pekin