- Date
- May 23, 1971
- Place
- Elsinore, CA · ELSINORE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6356NChampion 7GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report January 17, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161504
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1708 71/5/23 ELSINORE,CALIF CHAMPION 7GCBC CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1030 N6356N PX- 0 0 0 TOWING GLIDERS AGE 52, 9670 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 250 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKYLARK FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELSINORE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- L MAIN LDG GR ATTACH BOLT FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6356N
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Skylark Field
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