- Date
- April 16, 1971
- Place
- West Branch, MI · WEST BRANCH, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2366LBeech 23
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161053
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1222 71/4/16 WEST BRANCH,MICH BEECH 23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 110 TIME - 1430 N2366L PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEST BRANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAYLING,MICH WEST BRANCH,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2366L
- Reported as
- Beech 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- West Branch
N2366LRegistration cancelled Aug 19, 2013 · Beech 23Airframe modelBeech 23Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.