- Date
- July 25, 1968
- Place
- Oceanside, CA · OCEANSIDE, CA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2135XCessna 337
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109185
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2357 68/7/25 OCEANSIDE,CALIF CESSNA 337 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 387 TIME - 0710 N2135X PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OCEANSIDE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION REMARKS- NOSE WHEEL BECAME PARTIALLY DISENGAGED FROM GR FORK DUE TO LOSS OF RETAINING NUT/COTTER PIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2135X
- Reported as
- Cessna 337
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oceanside
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