- Date
- March 19, 1972
- Place
- Plainville, CT · PLAINVILLE, CT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2306BGlobe GC-1B
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166255
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1544 72/3/19 PLAINVILLE,CONN GLOBE GC-1B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 51 TOTAL TIME - 1400 N2306B PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROBERTSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLAINVILLE,CONN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PLT ATMTD TO RAISE L WG TO HELP CORRECT ACFT BACK TO CENTER OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2306B
- Reported as
- Globe GC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Robertson
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