- Date
- March 26, 1965
- Place
- San Antonio, TX · SAN ANTONIO, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7795TCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178628
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2124 65/3/26 SAN ANTONIO TEX CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 154 TIME - 1645 N7795T PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 54 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STINSON MUN. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOW FLUID LEVEL REMARKS- NOSE WHEEL FORK FAILED, HAD OLD CRACK AT FAILURE POINT, SHIMMY DAMPER LOW ON FLUID.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7795T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stinson Mun.
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