- Date
- January 17, 1973
- Place
- Des Moines, IA · DES MOINES, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6999TCessna 310D
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730117001179A
- Case key
- 169632
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0025 73/1/17 DES MOINES,IOWA CESSNA 310D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 3000 TIME - 1000 N6999T PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DES MOINES MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,ILL DES MOINES,IOWA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED REMARKS- NOSE WHEEL STRUT DEFLATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6999T
- Reported as
- Cessna 310D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Des Moines Mun
N6999TRegistration cancelled May 12, 2015 · Cessna 310DAirframe modelCessna 310DEngine modelContinental I0-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.