- Date
- May 24, 1966
- Place
- Torrance, CA · TORRANCE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7597VWing D-1
- Status
- Completed · report November 25, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171988
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2704 66/5/24 TORRANCE CALIF WING D-1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1600 N7597V PX- 0 0 1 TEST AGE 51, 19000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 94 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TORRANCE MUNI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SHEARED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- BOLT CONNECTING TORQUE LINKS OF LEFT GEAR FAILED DUE TO COTTER PIN SHEARING ALLOWING LOSS OF NUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7597V
- Reported as
- Wing D-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Torrance Muni
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.