- Date
- March 16, 1968
- Place
- Kansas City, KS · KANSAS CITY, KS
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N61BDouglas A-26
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111165
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0830 68/3/16 KANSAS CITY,KANS DOUGLAS A-26 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 7642 TIME - 1630 N61B PX- 0 0 2 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 820 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FAIRFAX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- RT GEAR TRUNION PIVOT FITTINGS FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61B
- Reported as
- Douglas A-26
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fairfax
N61BRegistration cancelled Feb 11, 2013 · Douglas B-26BAirframe modelDouglas B-26BEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-2800 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.