- Date
- April 30, 1972
- Place
- Cedar Lake, MI · CEDAR LAKE, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3603XAero Comdr 100
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166108
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1761 72/4/30 CEDAR LAKE,MICH AERO COMDR 100 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 196 TIME - 1515 N3603X PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CEDAR LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CEDAR LAKE,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIDDEN HAZARD AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- HIT SOFT SPOT IN TURF RWY. RWY PARTIALLY CKD BY PLT PRIOR TKOF ATMT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3603X
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 100
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cedar Lake
N3603XRegistration cancelled Jun 18, 2013 · Aero Commander 100-180Airframe modelAero Commander 100-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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Other investigations on N3603X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.