- Date
- August 31, 1971
- Place
- Mineral Wells, TX · MINERAL WELLS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N86495Hafe CH-1
- Status
- Completed · report January 5, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163557
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1472 71/8/31 MINERAL WELLS,TEX HAFE CH-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 59, 3919 TIME - 1338 N86495 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MINERAL WELLS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINERAL WELLS,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- L MAIN LDG GR RETRACT SYSTEM BELLCRANK BOLT SHEARED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86495
- Reported as
- Hafe CH-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mineral Wells
N86495Registration cancelled Aug 23, 2013 · Hafe CH-1Airframe modelHafe CH-1Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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.