- Date
- October 18, 1971
- Place
- W Palm Beach, FL · W PALM BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6977LCessna 310N
- Status
- Completed · report June 20, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164181
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4059 71/10/18 W PALM BEACH,FLA CESSNA 310N CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1235 N6977L PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC 35, 4138 TOTAL HOURS, 300 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALM BEACH INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION W PALM BEACH,FLA ASHVILLE,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING REMARKS- ATMTD TKOF W NS GR SHIMMY DAMPER NOT INSTALLED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6977L
- Reported as
- Cessna 310N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Palm Beach Intl
N6977LRegistration cancelled Jun 18, 2013 · Cessna 310NAirframe modelCessna 310NEngine modelContinental I0-470 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.