- Date
- March 29, 1966
- Place
- San Antonio, TX · SAN ANTONIO, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2601SSwearingen SA26T
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172060
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0903 66/3/29 SAN ANTONIO TEX SWEARINGEN SA26T CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1530 N2601S PX- 0 0 0 TEST 37, 4000 TOTAL HOURS, 130 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN ANTONIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- NOSE GEAR STRUT TURNED OUT OF DETENT BY AERODYNAMIC FORCES DURING FLIGHT.NOSE GEAR FAILED ON LDG
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2601S
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA26T
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Antonio
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