- Date
- April 8, 1978
- Place
- Silver City, NM · SILVER CITY, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3820FGreat Lakes 2T1A-2
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780408005359A
- Case key
- 142755
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0681 78/4/8 SILVER CITY,NM GREAT LAKES 2T1A-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 500 TIME - 0835 N3820F PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 48 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TURNER-RIDGEPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SILVER CITY,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- PILOT APPLIED BRAKES AFTER TOUCHDOWN,AC NOSED OVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3820F
- Reported as
- Great Lakes 2T1A-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Turner-Ridgeport
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3820F · 1
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