- Date
- October 4, 1968
- Place
- Elm City, NC · ELM CITY, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3184BCessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report November 20, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108392
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3312 68/10/4 ELM CITY,NC CESSNA 170B CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 40, 145 TIME - 1900 N3184B PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 55 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TOWN CREEK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BINDING PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF REMARKS- LEFT WHEEL PROTECTIVE DEVICE BROKEN OPEN ALLOWING DIRT TO ACCUMULATE IN BEARING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3184B
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Town Creek
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Other investigations on N3184B · 1
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