- Date
- September 20, 1980
- Place
- Pottstown, PA · POTTSTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8863VBellanca 17-30
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800920041959A
- Case key
- 128948
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2381 80/9/20 POTTSTOWN,PA BELLANCA 17-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 1554 TIME - 1400 N8863V PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 37 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LIMERICK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION POTTSTOWN,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- L MAIN GEAR COLLASPED.WND GSTG 20KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8863V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Limerick
N8863VRegistration cancelled Mar 11, 2013 · Bellanca 17-30AAirframe modelBellanca 17-30AEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8863V · 1
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