- Date
- October 4, 1971
- Place
- Maple Park, IL · MAPLE PARK, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1013ZKnight OW-1
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163529
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1948 71/10/4 MAPLE PARK,ILL KNIGHT OW-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 279 TIME - 1630 N1013Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 45 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HEUER RLA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WAUKEGAN,ILL MAPLE PARK,ILL 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 - MATERIAL FAILURE PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN REMARKS- L GR FAILED. PLT MODIFIED GR 45 HRS PRIOR DUE LARGER ENG INSTALL.GR OF INSUFFICIENT STRENGTH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1013Z
- Reported as
- Knight OW-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Heuer Rla
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