# NTSB NYC70D0157: Aero Comdr 720, Loring Afb, ME, September 4, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 4, 1969
- Place: Loring Afb, ME · LORING AFB, ME
- Location: 46.9388° N, 67.8939° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Loring AFB, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9388&lon=-67.8939&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 13, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 148096
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC70D0157
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC70D0157

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-0019   69/9/4    LORING AFB,ME       AERO COMDR 720      CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE
        TIME - 0743                    CF-SJA              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  35, 3475 TOTAL HOURS, 77
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LORING AFBASE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ST.LEONARD,CAN              GRAND FALLS,CAN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
           WHEELS-UP                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE
        REMARKS- R GR DAMAGED,SEPARATED FROM ACFT ON PREVIOUS T/O FROM STRIP UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: CF-SJA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMDR 720
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Loring Afbase

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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