- Date
- May 20, 1966
- Place
- Dahlgren, VA · DAHLGREN, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N30MFairchild KR34
- Status
- Completed · report August 16, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171810
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1586 66/5/20 DAHLGREN VA FAIRCHILD KR34 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 837 TIME - 1415 N30M PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NAF DAHLGREN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30M
- Reported as
- Fairchild KR34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Naf Dahlgren
N30MRegistration cancelled Apr 30, 2015 · Fairchild KR-34CAirframe modelFairchild KR-34CEngine modelWright 540
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.