- Date
- September 3, 1966
- Place
- Pottstown, PA · POTTSTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2041GCessna 182A
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121056
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2340 66/9/3 POTTSTOWN PA CESSNA 182A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 96 TOTAL TIME - 1940 N2041G PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 41 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LIMERICK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- NOSE GEAR SHIMMY DAMPENER ARM AND NOSE WHEEL FORK FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2041G
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Limerick
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.