- Date
- May 8, 1977
- Place
- Keota, CO · KEOTA, CO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4596FCessna 185E
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770508011069A
- Case key
- 158306
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0890 77/5/8 KEOTA,CO CESSNA 185E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1825 N4596F PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 46, 16012 TOTAL HOURS, 68 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREELEY,CO KEOTA,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNDER TORQUED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION REMARKS- NUT MISSING FROM LANDING GEAR STRUT ATTACHING BOLT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4596F
- Reported as
- Cessna 185E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Private Strip
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.