- Date
- August 19, 1973
- Place
- Bardstown, KY · BARDSTOWN, KY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N986WASiai-Marche S.205
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730819028139A
- Case key
- 189182
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2521 73/8/19 BARDSTOWN,KY SIAI-MARCHE S.205 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 34, TIME - 1520 N986WA PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 1267 TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAMUELS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOUISVILLE,KY BARDSTOWN,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BENT REMARKS- NOSE LANDING GEAR CONTROL ROD BENT PREVENTING NOSE LANDING GEAR FROM LOCKING IN DOWN POSITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N986WA
- Reported as
- Siai-Marche S.205
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Samuels Field
N986WARegistered now · Siai-Marchetti S.205/22RAirframe modelSiai-Marchetti S.205/22REngine modelFranklin 6V 350 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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.