# NTSB MIA64A0055: Armstrong AW650, N6507R, S.Johnson Afb, NC, November 21, 1963

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 21, 1963
- Place: S.Johnson Afb, NC · S.JOHNSON AFB, NC
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 5, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 111119
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA64A0055
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA64A0055

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0064  63/11/21   S.JOHNSON AFB,NC    ARMSTRONG AW650     CR-  0  0  3  MILITARY CTR CARGO DOM    AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1958                    N6507R              PX-  0  0  0                            44, 11542 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            1179 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SEYMOUR JOHNSON
        OPERATOR - CAPITOL AIRWAYS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAXI: FROM LANDING
           COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT                           TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (EMERGENCY SYSTEM)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL STEERING
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE,NONE
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CONGESTED TRAFFIC-PATTERN
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
        REMARKS- CAP NUT,NOSE GR UPLOCK ASSY LOOSE,CAUSED HYD LEAK.PLT TAXIED TO CONGESTED RAMP.HIT 2 ACFT,HANGAR.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N6507R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ARMSTRONG AW650
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Seymour Johnson

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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