- Date
- July 26, 1970
- Place
- Plainwell, MI · PLAINWELL, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1145HHomebrewers SPL
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110390
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3178 70/7/26 PLAINWELL,MICH HOMEBREWERS SPL CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 36, 603 TIME - 1230 N1145H PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PLAINWELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WAYLAND,MICH PLAINWELL,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN REMARKS- ACFT HAD A RIGID MLG. WAS OWNED BY EAA CHAPTER,AND FLOWN BY MORE THAN ONE PLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1145H
- Reported as
- Homebrewers SPL
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Plainwell
N1145HRegistered now · Stewart Headwind HOMEBREWERS SPECIALAirframe modelStewart Headwind HOMEBREWERS SPECIALEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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Other investigations on N1145H · 1
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