- Date
- September 8, 1967
- Place
- Reading, MI · READING, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2751DCessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114245
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3286 67/9/8 READING,MICH CESSNA 170B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 204 TIME - 1350 N2751D PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 57 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE REMARKS- TAIL WHEEL MAIN SPRING BROKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2751D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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