- Date
- June 15, 1970
- Place
- Clanton, AL · CLANTON, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4517EAero Comdr 500-B
- Status
- Completed · report February 25, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122653
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2127 70/6/15 CLANTON,ALA AERO COMDR 500-B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 645 TIME - 0830 N4517E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 383 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WARE ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLANTON,ALA BIRMINGHAM,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- R GR COLLAPSED,PLT RTRTD GR TO MNTN DIRECTIONAL CTL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4517E
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 500-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ware Island
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