- Date
- December 28, 1970
- Place
- Miami, FL · MIAMI, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N167LAero Comdr 520
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159583
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4495 70/12/28 MIAMI,FLA AERO COMDR 520 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1206 N167L PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS 46, 10010 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MIAMI INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE WALES,FLA MIAMI,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- 2 BUNGEE CORDS FAILED. L GR WOULDNT LOCK OVER CENTER. CORDS REPLACED LAST INSPECTION 76 HRS PRIOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N167L
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 520
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Miami Intl
N167LRegistration cancelled May 11, 2015 · Aero Commander 520Airframe modelAero Commander 520Engine modelLycoming GO-435C&D series
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.