- Date
- October 23, 1968
- Place
- Topping, VA · TOPPING, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8678JCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108009
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3760 68/10/23 TOPPING,VA CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 23, 31 TOTAL TIME - 1415 N8678J PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HUMMEL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SHEARED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- NOSE WHEEL BOLT SHEARED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8678J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hummel
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