- Date
- September 26, 1966
- Place
- Painted Post, NY · PAINTED POST, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8815RDowner 14-19
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120358
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3725 66/9/26 PAINTED POST NY DOWNER 14-19 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 555 TIME - 1030 N8815R PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PAINTED POST TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES REMARKS- DEFLATED NOSE WHEEL TIRE CAUSED INCREASED DRAG,TRIPPED IMPROPERLY ADJUSTED NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8815R
- Reported as
- Downer 14-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Painted Post
N8815RRegistration cancelled Nov 15, 2012 · Downer BELLANCA 14-19-3Airframe modelDowner BELLANCA 14-19-3Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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Other investigations on N8815R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.