- Date
- November 23, 1971
- Place
- Hershey, PA · HERSHEY, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4338NCessna 195
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164419
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3633 71/11/23 HERSHEY,PA CESSNA 195 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 2650 TIME - 1648 N4338N PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HERSHEY AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLTS NECK,NJ HERSHEY,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 34 350 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 6 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- L BRAKE FAILED. PLT SWERVED HARD TO AVOID HWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4338N
- Reported as
- Cessna 195
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hershey Airpark