- Date
- February 3, 1970
- Place
- Corpus Chrsti, TX · CORPUS CHRSTI, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3432QCessna 320E
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 141892
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0172 70/2/3 CORPUS CHRSTI,TEX CESSNA 320E CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 5268 TIME - 0713 N3432Q PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 53 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CORPUS CHRISTI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORPUS CHRSTI,TEX MONAHANS,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- RUDDER TRIM TAB FOUND 16.5 DEG TO L. NOSE GR STRUCK TAXIWAY LIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3432Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 320E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Corpus Christi
N3432QRegistration cancelled Feb 11, 2013 · Cessna 320EAirframe modelCessna 320EEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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Other investigations on N3432Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.