- Date
- February 17, 1977
- Place
- Porterville, CA · PORTERVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4997TCessna 411
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770217002629A
- Case key
- 157403
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0185 77/2/17 PORTERVILLE,CA CESSNA 411 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N4997T PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 47, 8484 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 8 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORTERVILLE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BISHOP,CA PORTERVILLE,CA 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 - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- LDG GEAR BELLCRANK ATTACH BOLT FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4997T
- Reported as
- Cessna 411
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Porterville Muni
N4997TRegistration cancelled Dec 18, 2012 · Cessna 411Airframe modelCessna 411Engine modelContinental GTSIO-520-C
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.