- Date
- September 14, 1970
- Place
- Amarillo, TX · AMARILLO, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1196NGrumman J2F-6
- Status
- Completed · report July 19, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158812
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0034 70/9/14 AMARILLO,TEX GRUMMAN J2F-6 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 5148 TIME - 1700 N1196N PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 24 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - AMARILLO MUN. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION REMARKS- CORROSION WEAKENED TAILWHEEL FORK BENT CAUSING TAILWHEEL TIRE TO BLOW OUT.WING TIPS,FLOATS DMGD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1196N
- Reported as
- Grumman J2F-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Amarillo Mun.
N1196NRegistration cancelled Jul 16, 2013 · Grumman J2F6Airframe modelGrumman J2F6Engine modelWright 1820G-2-3&5
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.