- Date
- June 13, 1971
- Place
- Plainfield, IL · PLAINFIELD, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N71373Luscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report February 9, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161987
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2010 71/6/13 PLAINFIELD,ILL LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 350 TIME - 1330 N71373 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAMBERT RLA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLAINFIELD,ILL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION REMARKS- R MAIN STRUT SEPARATED AT LDG GR TO AXLE ATTACH WELD.SEVERE CORROSION EVIDENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71373
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lambert Rla
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