- Date
- August 19, 1966
- Place
- Mobile, AL · MOBILE, AL
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4162BAero Comdr 520
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121692
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2491 66/8/19 MOBILE ALA AERO COMDR 520 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1100 N4162B PX- 0 0 5 BUSINESS AGE 37, 4800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 262 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BATES FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK BOLT FAILED UNDER TENSION LOAD, EXCESSIVE NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY DURING TAKEOFF RUN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4162B
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 520
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bates Field
N4162BRegistration cancelled May 13, 2015 · Aero Commander 520Airframe modelAero Commander 520Engine modelLycoming GO-435C&D series
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