- Date
- October 16, 1965
- Place
- Midland, TX · MIDLAND, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4183BAero Cmdr 520
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175202
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3046 65/10/16 MIDLAND TEX AERO CMDR 520 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1145 N4183B PX- 0 0 3 CORP/EXEC AGE 51, 13166 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 800 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MIDLAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) SYSTEMS - HYDRAULIC SYSTEM: RESERVOIR,LINES,FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- HYDRAULIC DOWN LOCK LINE FITTING P/N AN-823-4D FAILED EXHAUSTING FLUID.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4183B
- Reported as
- Aero Cmdr 520
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Midland
N4183BRegistration cancelled Aug 1, 2012 · Aero Commander 520Airframe modelAero Commander 520Engine modelLycoming GO-435C&D series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N4183B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.