- Date
- April 22, 1968
- Place
- Ithaca, NY · ITHACA, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2897NCessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110396
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1471 68/4/22 ITHACA,NY CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 77 TOTAL TIME - 1435 N2897N PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TOMPKINS COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- BREAK IN LANDING GEAR STRUT IN VICINITY OF UPPER STEP ATTACH BOLT HOLE SHOWED CORROSION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2897N
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tompkins County
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Other investigations on N2897N · 1
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