- Date
- January 14, 1973
- Place
- Newburyport, MA · NEWBURYPORT, MA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3683XAero Comdr 100
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730114001019A
- Case key
- 169637
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0030 73/1/14 NEWBURYPORT,MASS AERO COMDR 100 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 130 TIME - 1500 N3683X PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 61 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PLUM ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWBURYPORT,MASS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- FAILURE OF SPRING PART NR 37430.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3683X
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 100
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Plum Island
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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.