- Date
- August 16, 1975
- Place
- Valparaiso, IN · VALPARAISO, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2910UCessna 172D
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750816025509A
- Case key
- 150202
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2334 75/8/16 VALPARAISO,IN CESSNA 172D CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 25, 14 TOTAL TIME - 1055 N2910U PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORTER COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VALPARAISO,IN LOCAL 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 - DISCONNECTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FOUR RIVETS, P/N-AN470AD4 HAD OLD BREAKS AND FOUR OTHERS ELONGATED. LOWER NSE GR SEPN FM FIREWALL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2910U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Porter County
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.