- Date
- August 5, 1972
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA · PHILADELPHIA, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N678ENavion A
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167706
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0837 72/8/5 PHILADELPHIA,PA NAVION A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 2972 TIME - 1743 N678E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1910 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - N.PHILADELPHIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OCEAN CITY,NJ PHILADELPHIA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- NOSE GR DID NOT EXTND FULLY WITH LINKS OVR CENTER.PLT RECYCLED GR ABT 10 TIMES UN GREEN LIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N678E
- Reported as
- Navion A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- N.Philadelphia
N678ERegistered now · North American NAVION AAirframe modelNorth American NAVION AEngine modelContinental E185 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.