- Date
- June 7, 1970
- Place
- Rocky Ford, CO · ROCKY FORD, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6590VBellanca 17-31A
- Status
- Completed · report April 21, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120282
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2756 70/6/7 ROCKY FORD,COLO BELLANCA 17-31A CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1730 N6590V PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 53, 4125 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 24 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MELON FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCKY FORD,COLO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING REMARKS- SHOCK STRUT SEAL FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6590V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-31A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Melon Field
N6590VRegistration cancelled Apr 30, 2013 · Bellanca 17-31AAirframe modelBellanca 17-31AEngine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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.