- Date
- August 12, 1966
- Place
- Bakersfield, CA · BAKERSFIELD, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N91668Navion B
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178739
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2866 66/8/12 BAKERSFIELD CALIF NAVION B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 39, 10 TOTAL TIME - 0945 N91668 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BAKERSFIELD PARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- NOSE GEAR TRUNNION UNIT WELD FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91668
- Reported as
- Navion B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bakersfield Park
N91668Registration cancelled Sep 12, 2012 · North American NAVIONAirframe modelNorth American NAVIONEngine modelContinental E185 series
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Other investigations on N91668 · 1
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