- Date
- October 7, 1972
- Place
- Garden City, KS · GARDEN CITY, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N612SMini-Ace CA-61
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169017
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3185 72/10/7 GARDEN CITY,KANS MINI-ACE CA-61 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 42, 1500 TIME - 1310 N612S PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GARDEN CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GARDEN CITY,KANS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: AILERON AND AILERON TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLUTTER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N612S
- Reported as
- Mini-Ace CA-61
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Garden City
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.