- Date
- August 17, 1965
- Place
- Ayden, NC · AYDEN, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2531BConvair L-13A
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178900
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2178 65/8/17 AYDEN NC CONVAIR L-13A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 8840 TIME - 1845 N2531B PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BROWNS STRIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- TAIL WHEEL YOKE FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2531B
- Reported as
- Convair L-13A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Browns Strip
N2531BRegistration cancelled Sep 12, 2012 · Consolidated Vultee/Hops L-13AAirframe modelConsolidated Vultee/Hops L-13AEngine modelLycoming R680E 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.