- Date
- July 25, 1968
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1237DCessna 170A
- Status
- Completed · report October 28, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109012
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2962 68/7/25 LAS VEGAS,NEV CESSNA 170A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 88 TOTAL TIME - 0800 N1237D PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NO.LAS VEGAS TERM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT HAD FLOWN CONVENTIONAL GEAR ACFT 2 HRS IN LAST 5 MOS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1237D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- No.Las Vegas Term
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