- Date
- August 18, 1968
- Place
- Fredericksburg, VA · FREDERICKSBURG, VA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3051BCessna 195B
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114393
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2771 68/8/18 FREDERICKSBURG,VA CESSNA 195B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 148 TIME - 1915 N3051B PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHANNON 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 - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- LEFT LANDING GEAR SPRING BROKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3051B
- Reported as
- Cessna 195B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Shannon