- Date
- July 20, 1981
- Place
- Napa, CA · NAPA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6342LCessna 152
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810720043399A
- Case key
- 123868
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2388 81/7/20 NAPA,CA CESSNA 152 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 63, 33 TOTAL TIME - 1530 N6342L PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NAPA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NAPA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE REMARKS- ENCTRD SVR LATERAL VIB BFR NOSE WHL COLLAPSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6342L
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Napa
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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.