- Date
- October 18, 1971
- Place
- Waterloo, IA · WATERLOO, IA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N553HHAero Comdr 500-B
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164158
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4022 71/10/18 WATERLOO,IOWA AERO COMDR 500-B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0923 N553HH PX- 0 0 2 CORP/EXEC 56, 12000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 8050 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WATERLOO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DAYTON,OHIO WATERLOO,IOWA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION REMARKS- R GR BEARING BETWEEN UPPER AND LOWER STRUT ASSY FROZEN.NO LUBRICATION WITHOUT DISASSEMBLY OF GR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N553HH
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 500-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Waterloo
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Other investigations on N553HH · 2
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