- Date
- April 18, 1971
- Place
- Chattanooga, TN · CHATTANOOGA, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N987WAWaco S 20522R
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160912
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1333 71/4/18 CHATTANOOGA,TENN WACO S 20522R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 4000 TIME - 1212 N987WA PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOVELL FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHATTANOOGA,TENN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF REMARKS- AFT HARDER THAN USUAL LDG,NOSE GR WOULD NOT EXTEND FOR NEXT LDG.LNDD ON MAIN GR.RETRACT ROD BENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N987WA
- Reported as
- Waco S 20522R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lovell Field
N987WARegistration cancelled May 30, 2013 · Siai-Marchetti S.205/22RAirframe modelSiai-Marchetti S.205/22REngine modelFranklin 6V 350 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.