- Date
- July 31, 1966
- Place
- Van Nuys, CA · VAN NUYS, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8459CAero Cmdr 500
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178729
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2857 66/7/31 VAN NUYS CALIF AERO CMDR 500 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 599 TIME - 1400 N8459C PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VAN NUYS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION REMARKS- UPPER BEARING BOSS OF LOWER RETRACT LINK OF LEFT GEAR FAILED, BEARING IMPROPERLY STAKED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8459C
- Reported as
- Aero Cmdr 500
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Van Nuys
N8459CRegistration cancelled Jul 31, 2021 · Aero Commander 500Airframe modelAero Commander 500Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N8459C · 1
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