- Date
- November 7, 1965
- Place
- Westerly, RI · WESTERLY, RI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N44331Taylorcraft BC12D1
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175169
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3241 65/11/7 WESTERLY RI TAYLORCRAFT BC12D1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 460 TIME - 0730 N44331 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 402 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WESTERLY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION REMARKS- TUBE BRACE STRUT OF LEFT MAIN GEAR FAILED AT WELD REPAIR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44331
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12D1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Westerly
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