- Date
- December 17, 1966
- Place
- Watkins, CO · WATKINS, CO
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9955XCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119920
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4119 66/12/17 WATKINS COLO CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1330 N9955X PX- 0 0 4 PARAJUMP-SPORT AGE 50, 3471 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 181 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - C AND S AIRPORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: RUN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- LEFT MAIN GEAR TIRE BLEW.NO REASON FOR FAILURE DETERMINED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9955X
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- C And S Airport
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Other investigations on N9955X · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.