- Date
- August 10, 1971
- Place
- Spalding, NE · SPALDING, NE
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5539BCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162776
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3003 71/8/10 SPALDING,NEBR CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 220 TIME - 2055 N5539B PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 143 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ANDY GLASER AG ST DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPALDING,NEBR LINCOLN,NEBR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIDDEN HAZARD AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- NS GR FORK FAILED WHEN NS GR STRUCK AN UPSLOPE ON THE EDGE OF A SWALE OBSCURED BY HIGH GRASS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5539B
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Andy Glaser Ag St
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