# NTSB CHI68F0714: Cessna 190, N4330N, Wixom, MI, April 27, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 27, 1968
- Place: Wixom, MI · WIXOM, MI
- Location: 42.5228° N, 83.5302° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wixom, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5228&lon=-83.5302&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 4, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 111329
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI68F0714
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI68F0714

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0986  68/4/27    WIXOM,MICH          CESSNA 190          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 46, 950
        TIME - 1600                    N4330N              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SPENCER
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S)                               LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        REMARKS- TAIL WHEEL SPRING FAILED. STRUCK HANGAR AND PARKED FAIRCHILD 24,N81318,SUBSTL DAMAGE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4330N](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4330N), registered now, S/N 7079, built 1947 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 190
- Registry model: [Cessna 190](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-190) (registry code 2072902) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental W670 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (registry code 17018, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Spencer

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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