- Date
- April 4, 1967
- Place
- Fresno, CA · FRESNO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6898SAero Cmdr 680
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116719
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4768 67/4/4 FRESNO,CALIF AERO CMDR 680 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 11700 TIME - 1603 N6898S PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 34 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FRESNO AIR TERMNL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PWR PLT-INFLIGHT FUEL FED FIRE IN RT WHEEL WELL. POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BURNED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT REMARKS- ORIGIN OF FUEL SYSTEM FAILURE NOT DETERMINED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6898S
- Reported as
- Aero Cmdr 680
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fresno Air Termnl
N6898SRegistration cancelled Sep 3, 2014 · Aero Commander 680Airframe modelAero Commander 680Engine modelLycoming GSO&IGSO-480 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.