- Date
- November 5, 1980
- Place
- Wheeling, IL · WHEELING, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N825WDAero Comdr 720
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801105074239A
- Case key
- 201167
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3174 80/11/5 WHEELING,IL AERO COMDR 720 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 872 TIME - 1435 N825WD PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 829 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALWAUKEE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WHEELING,IL UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- NOSE TIRE WENT FLAT DRG HI SPEED TAXI CK.NOSE STRUT FAILED FM OVRLOAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N825WD
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 720
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Palwaukee
N825WDRegistration cancelled Jan 29, 2018 · Aero Commander 720Airframe modelAero Commander 720Engine modelLycoming GSO&IGSO-480 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N825WD · 1
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