# NTSB FTW66D0643: Aero Comdr 520, N4196B, Muskogee, OK, March 28, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 28, 1966
- Place: Muskogee, OK · MUSKOGEE, OK
- Location: 35.7479° N, 95.3697° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Muskogee, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7479&lon=-95.3697&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 5, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 172258
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW66D0643
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW66D0643

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1124  66/3/28    MUSKOGEE OKLA       AERO COMDR 520      CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 6078
        TIME - 1215                    N4196B              PX-  0  0  1  CORP/EXEC                 TOTAL HOURS, 210 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HATBOX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE
        REMARKS- NOSE GEAR BODY ASSEMBLY P/N 4750022 FAILED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4196B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4196B-1972-12-22), registration cancelled 1972-12-22, S/N 520-107, built 1953 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMDR 520
- Registry model: [Aero Commander 520](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-520) (registry code 0141202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Hatbox

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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