- Date
- April 12, 1978
- Place
- Hartford, CT · HARTFORD, CT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N42118Cessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780412011889A
- Case key
- 142113
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2327 78/4/12 HARTFORD,CT CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 202 TIME - 1808 N42118 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRAINARD AIRPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELIOT,ME HARTFORD,CT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- DURING LDG ROLL LEFT MAIN LDG GEAR COLLAPSED.LDG GEAR BOLT,P/N AN176H24A,FAILED DUE FATIGUE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42118
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Brainard Airport
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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.