- Date
- February 14, 1967
- Place
- Lafayette, LA · LAFAYETTE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8918SCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report July 20, 2019
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118975
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0500 67/2/14 LAFAYETTE,LA CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 22, 35 TOTAL TIME - 1000 N8918S PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAFAYETTE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- NOSE GR STEERING LINKAGE P/N S-1107-3 FAILED DUE INSTANTANEOUS OVERLOADS.NO EVIDENCE OF FATIGUE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8918S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lafayette
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Other investigations on N8918S · 2
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