# NTSB MIA66D0612: Cessna 172, N7315T, High Point, NC, June 21, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 21, 1966
- Place: High Point, NC · HIGH POINT, NC
- Location: 35.9557° N, 80.0053° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of High Point, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9557&lon=-80.0053&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 10, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 171380
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA66D0612
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA66D0612

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1533  66/6/21    HIGH POINT NC       CESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 40, 17 TOTAL
        TIME - 1810                    N7315T              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MIDWAY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE
        REMARKS- NOSE WHEEL FORK PART SK 182-34 FAILED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7315T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7315T-2005-08-17), registration cancelled 2005-08-17, S/N 46915, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172a) (registry code 2072404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Midway

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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