- Date
- April 19, 1971
- Place
- El Paso, TX · EL PASO, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4949TCessna 411
- Status
- Completed · report December 17, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160440
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1183 71/4/19 EL PASO,TEX CESSNA 411 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 4050 TIME - 1035 N4949T PX- 0 0 3 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EL PASO INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DENVER,COLO EL PASO,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE REMARKS- R GR BELL CRANK PIVOT BOLT AND TRUNION FAILED DUE OVERLOAD AT UNDET TIME. LDG REPTD NORMAL BY OBS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4949T
- Reported as
- Cessna 411
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- El Paso Intl
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