- Date
- February 18, 1973
- Place
- West Mifflin, PA · WEST MIFFLIN, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5081QCessna 310N
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730218003519A
- Case key
- 169478
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0191 73/2/18 WEST MIFFLIN,PA CESSNA 310N CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 1379 TIME - 1420 N5081Q PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 55 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALLEGHENY CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BECKLEY,W VA WEST MIFFLIN,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- NOSE GR MAIN DRIVE ASSEMBLY P/N 0842120-1 FOUND BENT AND CRACKED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5081Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 310N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Allegheny Co
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.