- Date
- July 19, 1965
- Place
- Titusville, FL · TITUSVILLE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N55998Boeing PT-17
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 201540
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0630 65/7/19 TITUSVILLE FLA BOEING PT-17 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0935 N55998 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 44, 11693 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 111 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TI-CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED REMARKS- PARKING BRAKE VALVES WIRED IN ON POSITION ALLOWED BRAKES TO LOCK WHEN BRAKE PRESSURE APPLIED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55998
- Reported as
- Boeing PT-17
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ti-Co