- Date
- February 25, 1968
- Place
- Old Town, ME · OLD TOWN, ME
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3114VBeech 35
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111830
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0326 68/2/25 OLD TOWN,ME BEECH 35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 770 TIME - 1755 N3114V PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 358 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OLD TOWN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- RT MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR ROD FAILED. ACFT HAD TAXIED ABOUT A MILE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3114V
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Old Town
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