- Date
- July 14, 1975
- Place
- Canyon, TX · CANYON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N46JSkybolt JJ-1
- Status
- Completed · report August 11, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750714020099A
- Case key
- 149489
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1761 75/7/14 CANYON,TX SKYBOLT JJ-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 1800 TIME - 1920 N46J PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 55 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUFFALO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CANYON,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: SUBSTANDARD QUALITY CONTROL AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POOR WELD FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE REMARKS- WHEEL AXLE BROKE IN WELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46J
- Reported as
- Skybolt JJ-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Buffalo
N46JRegistration cancelled Jun 23, 2011 · Williams-Reeves JJ-1Airframe modelWilliams-Reeves JJ-1Engine modelLycoming I0360 SER A&C
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N46J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.