- Date
- June 25, 1971
- Place
- Santa Rosa, CA · SANTA ROSA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2886BConvair PBY-6A
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161755
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2429 71/6/25 SANTA ROSA,CALIF CONVAIR PBY-6A CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1200 N2886B PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY AGE 54, 15154 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 6150 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SONOMA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA ROSA,CALIF WHITE RIVER,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL STEERING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- NOSE GR TORQUE LINK BOLTS FOUND DISCONNECTED. ACFT WAS PREVIOUSLY TOWED WHEN IN MAINT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2886B
- Reported as
- Convair PBY-6A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sonoma County