- Date
- July 26, 1969
- Place
- Frankfort, MI · FRANKFORT, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2396WBeech A23
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166729
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3218 69/7/26 FRANKFORT,MICH BEECH A23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 87 TOTAL TIME - 1615 N2396W PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FRANKFORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRANKFORT,MICH FRANKFORT,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2396W
- Reported as
- Beech A23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Frankfort
N2396WRegistration cancelled Feb 11, 2013 · Beech A23-24Airframe modelBeech A23-24Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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Other investigations on N2396W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.