- Date
- September 19, 1967
- Place
- Lititz, PA · LITITZ, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7707MMooney M-22
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113717
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3432 67/9/19 LITITZ,PA MOONEY M-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1403 N7707M PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS AGE 46, 12000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LANCASTER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: SUBSTANDARD QUALITY CONTROL REMARKS- NOSE GEAR TORQUE TUBE SEPARATED. FAILURE DUE TO IMPROPERLY MACHINED OPENING IN TUBE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7707M
- Reported as
- Mooney M-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lancaster
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