- Date
- April 7, 1968
- Place
- Wellsboro, PA · WELLSBORO, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3118KCulver V
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110394
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1469 68/4/7 WELLSBORO,PA CULVER V CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1100 N3118K PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 46, 14421 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAND CANYON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- TOUCHED DOWN ON OVER RUN LFT MAIN GR HIT ROCK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3118K
- Reported as
- Culver V
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Grand Canyon
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