- Date
- November 13, 1965
- Place
- College Park, MD · COLLEGE PARK, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6225ECessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175152
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3221 65/11/13 COLLEGE PARK MD CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 35, 48 TOTAL TIME - 1300 N6225E PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 33 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLLEGE PARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE REMARKS- NOSE GEAR ATTACH FITTING FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6225E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- College Park
N6225ERegistration cancelled Jul 12, 2017 · Cessna 172Airframe modelCessna 172Engine modelContinental 0-300 series
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Other investigations on N6225E · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB IAD05LA028Accident · 2 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportKnottsville, KYthe pilot's loss of control in flight due to spatial disorientation. Also causal to the accident was the pilot's inadequate preflight planning which resulted in his inadvertent flight into night instrument meteorological conditions.NTSB MKC68F0095Accident · No injuriesClosedDevils Lake, ND