- Date
- December 17, 1966
- Place
- Newburyport, MA · NEWBURYPORT, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3940YCessna 210
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119430
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4351 66/12/17 NEWBURYPORT MASS CESSNA 210 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 646 TIME - 1600 N3940Y PX- 0 0 0 CHECK TOTAL HOURS, 303 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PLUM ISLAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- LEFT MAIN LNDG GR ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY SPINDLE, P/N ED11935L, FAILED DUE TO TORSIONAL FATIGUE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3940Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Plum Island
N3940YRegistration cancelled Nov 14, 2012 · Cessna 210DAirframe modelCessna 210DEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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Other investigations on N3940Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.