- Date
- June 7, 1968
- Place
- Reading, PA · READING, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8783ABeech B35
- Status
- Completed · report July 19, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110213
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1586 68/6/7 READING,PA BEECH B35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 8150 TIME - 1245 N8783A PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 505 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - READING MUNI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- FORWARD HEIM ROD END P/N HM-53 FAILED IN THREADS AT BEARING END.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8783A
- Reported as
- Beech B35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Reading Muni
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