- Date
- May 15, 1968
- Place
- Montgomery, AL · MONTGOMERY, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7126XCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111031
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1393 68/5/15 MONTGOMERY,ALA CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 30, 18 TOTAL TIME - 1340 N7126X PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GUNTER AFB TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- OLD CRACKS FOUND ON LFT AND RT SIDE OF NOSE WHEEL FORK. NOSE GEAR BROKE GASCOLATOR BOWL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7126X
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gunter Afb
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.