- Date
- August 9, 1968
- Place
- Fontana, CA · FONTANA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1161CPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report October 11, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108763
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2657 68/8/9 FONTANA,CALIF PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0800 N1161C PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 34, 2424 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 26 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RIALTO-MIRO FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BOGUS PART MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYDRAULIC FAILURE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- INTENTL GROUNDLOOP.AUTO TYPE LINING INSTALLED.CAME OFF DUE TO IMPROPERLY COUNTERSUNK RIVET HOLES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1161C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rialto-Miro Field
N1161CRegistration cancelled Jun 7, 2012 · Piper PA-22-135Airframe modelPiper PA-22-135Engine modelLycoming 0-290 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.