- Date
- November 21, 1968
- Place
- Bayport, NY · BAYPORT, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5612LAmer Avco AA-1
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191782
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4345 68/11/21 BAYPORT,NY AMER AVCO AA-1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1300 N5612L PX- 0 0 1 DEMONSTRATION AGE 26, 800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 10 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EDWARDS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- NOSE GR STRUT FAILED ABOVE FORK ATTACH POINT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5612L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Edwards
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