- Date
- May 17, 1967
- Place
- Birmingham, AL · BIRMINGHAM, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5788VBeech A23
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116992
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1568 67/5/17 BIRMINGHAM,ALA BEECH A23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 60 TOTAL TIME - 1130 N5788V PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIRMINGHAM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- FAILURE OF BOLT,P/N169-810000-43 CAUSED CENTERING CABLE TO TURN NOSE WHEEL LEFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5788V
- Reported as
- Beech A23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Birmingham
N5788VRegistration cancelled May 3, 2018 · Beech A23AAirframe modelBeech A23AEngine modelContinental IO-346 series
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