# NTSB MIA67F0402: Cessna 175, N7434M, Lanett, AL, January 18, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 18, 1967
- Place: Lanett, AL · LANETT, AL
- Location: 32.8586° N, 85.2078° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lanett, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8586&lon=-85.2078&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 7, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 119313
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA67F0402
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA67F0402

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0206  67/1/18    LANETT,ALA          CESSNA 175          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 33, 308
        TIME - 0945                    N7434M              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - VALLEY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES
          LDG GR-SHIMMY DAMPER BRACKET BROKE.
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        REMARKS- EXCESSIVE SHIMMY CAUSED NOSE WHEEL FORK FAILURE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7434M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7434M-2013-05-08), registration cancelled 2013-05-08, S/N 55734, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- Registry model: [Cessna 175](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175) (registry code 2072502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GO-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (registry code 17024, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Valley

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.