- Date
- October 22, 1965
- Place
- Smithville, TX · SMITHVILLE, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N215MDCessna 210
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175339
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3326 65/10/22 SMITHVILLE TEX CESSNA 210 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 4200 TIME - 1545 N215MD PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RICHARDS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- OPERATION ON A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP WHICH WAS NOT SUITABLE FOR LANDING AT THIS TIME
Aircraft
- Registration
- N215MD
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Richards
N215MDRegistration cancelled Nov 18, 2021 · Cessna 210Airframe modelCessna 210Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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Other investigations on N215MD · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.