- Date
- August 28, 1966
- Place
- Ellsworth Afb, SD · ELLSWORTH AFB, SD
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8168EMooney M20A
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121810
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3218 66/8/28 ELLSWORTH AFB SD MOONEY M20A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 3800 TIME - 1542 N8168E PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELLSWORTH AFB TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8168E
- Reported as
- Mooney M20A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ellsworth Afb
N8168ERegistration cancelled May 13, 2013 · Mooney M20AAirframe modelMooney M20AEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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Other investigations on N8168E · 1
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