- Date
- March 26, 1966
- Place
- Lone Pine, CA · LONE PINE, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5231ECessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172672
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0780 66/3/26 LONE PINE CALIF CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 55, 4500 TIME - 1205 N5231E PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1960 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- OFF AIRPORT OPERATION.TAIL WHEEL FAILED TO SWIVEL PROPERLY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5231E
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5231ERegistration cancelled Apr 2, 2013 · Cessna 180BAirframe modelCessna 180BEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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Other investigations on N5231E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.