- Date
- July 13, 1968
- Place
- Fort Calhoun, NE · FORT CALHOUN, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7044KPiper PA-20
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109425
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2286 68/7/13 FORT CALHOUN,NEBR PIPER PA-20 CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 33, 224 TIME - 2005 N7044K PX- 0 0 0 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIL-LO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAXI: FROM LANDING COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- RT BRAKE MASTER CYL ROD BROKE OFF AT THREADED END WHERE IT ATTACHES TO FORK FITTING ON BRAKE PEDAL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7044K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bil-Lo
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