- Date
- October 14, 1966
- Place
- Houma, LA · HOUMA, LA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4170BAero Cmdr 520
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120754
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3155 66/10/14 HOUMA LA AERO CMDR 520 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 3500 TIME - 1040 N4170B PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOUMA-TERREBONNE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL 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 - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE REMARKS- NOSE WHEEL FORK FAILED AT MOUNTING BOLT HOLES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4170B
- Reported as
- Aero Cmdr 520
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Houma-Terrebonne