- Date
- April 29, 1969
- Place
- Wh.Bear Lake, MN · WH.BEAR LAKE, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N33756Aeronca LB-65
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182317
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1152 69/4/29 WH.BEAR LAKE,MINN AERONCA LB-65 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 89 TOTAL TIME - 1720 N33756 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 67 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORTHPORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- STRUCK GOPHER HOLE. RT WHEEL SEPARATED. CONT FLT AND LANDED WITH FURTHER DAMAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33756
- Reported as
- Aeronca LB-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Northport
N33756Registration cancelled Mar 23, 2024 · Aeronca 65-LBAirframe modelAeronca 65-LBEngine modelLycoming 0-145B series
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