- Date
- December 6, 1965
- Place
- Orange, TX · ORANGE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2532ZCessna 185B
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174787
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3547 65/12/6 ORANGE TEX CESSNA 185B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 3867 TIME - 1130 N2532Z PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 288 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BROWN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- AMPHIBIOUS TYPE AIRCRAFT.RIGHT FLOAT NOSE GEAR FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2532Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 185B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Brown
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