# NTSB MIA72DKJ26: Aero Comdr 680T, N5051E, Mobile, AL, October 1, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 1, 1971
- Place: Mobile, AL · MOBILE, AL
- Location: 30.6944° N, 88.0431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mobile, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6944&lon=-88.0431&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 27, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 164126
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA72DKJ26
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA72DKJ26

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4090   71/10/1   MOBILE,ALA          AERO COMDR 680T     CR-  0  0  2  NONCOMMERCIAL             AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0030                    N5051E              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  42, 5658 TOTAL HOURS, 201
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MOBILE AEROSPACE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          TAMPA,FLA                   MOBILE,ALA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        REMARKS- BLOWN NOSE GR TIRE PRECLUDED EXTENSION OF NOSE GR.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5051E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMDR 680T
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Mobile Aerospace

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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