- Date
- August 15, 1965
- Place
- Wichita, KS · WICHITA, KS
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5945ACessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report September 22, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176563
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2276 65/8/15 WICHITA KANS CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 18, 79 TOTAL TIME - 1830 N5945A PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KNOCK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- NOSE GEAR SHIMMY DAMPENER FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5945A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Knock
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Other investigations on N5945A · 2
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