- Date
- March 25, 1966
- Place
- Tonapah, NV · TONAPAH, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5616BCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172863
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2752 66/3/25 TONAPAH NEV CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 1200 TIME - 1715 N5616B PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 83 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NYE COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL STEERING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOW FLUID LEVEL REMARKS- NOSE GEAR FORK FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5616B
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nye County
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