- Date
- December 19, 1966
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM · ALBUQUERQUE, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5038ACessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119834
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4007 66/12/19 ALBUQUERQUE N MEX CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 820 TIME - 1315 N5038A PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CORONADO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: TO TAKEOFF NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE REMARKS- NOSE WHEEL FORK FAILED. PREEXISTING CRACK 2-IN.LONG AND 3/8 IN.DEEP AT POINT OF FAILURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5038A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Coronado
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