- Date
- March 24, 1966
- Place
- Colo.Springs, CO · COLO.SPRINGS, CO
- Injuries
- 13 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N251VViscount V-812
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174034
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0020 66/3/24 COLO.SPRINGS COLO VISCOUNT V-812 CR- 0 0 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0652 N251V PX- 0 0 9 35, 7867 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2549 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PETERSON FIELD OPERATOR - CONTINENTAL AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N251V
- Reported as
- Viscount V-812
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Peterson Field
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.