- Date
- July 22, 1966
- Place
- Titusville, FL · TITUSVILLE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1197KLuscombe 8A
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122026
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1980 66/7/22 TITUSVILLE FLA LUSCOMBE 8A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 20, 34 TOTAL TIME - 1900 N1197K PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DUNN AIRPARK 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 FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE REMARKS- LEFT LANDING GEAR DRAG BRACE BOLT BROKE, EVIDENCE OF OLD CRACK IN FAILURE AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1197K
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dunn Airpark
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