- Date
- February 8, 1965
- Place
- Atlanta, GA · ATLANTA, GA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N67970Curtiss C-46
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181700
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0015 65/2/8 ATLANTA GA CURTISS C-46 CR- 0 0 4 NS/CTR REVENUE CARGO DOM AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1430 N67970 PX- 0 0 0 44, 6855 TOTAL HOURS, 841 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ATLANTA MUNI OPERATOR - ZANTOP AIR TRANSPORT 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- LEFT LANDING GEAR TSO 12457 HOURS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67970
- Reported as
- Curtiss C-46
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Atlanta Muni
N67970Registration cancelled May 2, 2013 · Curtiss Wright C-46FAirframe modelCurtiss Wright C-46FEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-2800 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.