- Date
- May 23, 1970
- Place
- Middletown, DE · MIDDLETOWN, DE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N59322Termite Smith
- Status
- Completed · report July 20, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 125394
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0496 70/5/23 MIDDLETOWN,DEL TERMITE SMITH CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 447 TIME - 1700 N59322 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 63 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUMMIT AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STEVENSVILLE,MD MIDDLETOWN,DEL 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 - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- INSUFFICIENT WELD AREAS IN INNER LDG GR LEGS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59322
- Reported as
- Termite Smith
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Summit Airpark
N59322Registration cancelled Oct 18, 1974 · Smith Termite SPENCERAirframe modelSmith Termite SPENCER
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.
Other investigations on N59322 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.