- Date
- July 22, 1972
- Place
- Lone Pine, CA · LONE PINE, CA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3821GCessna TU206B
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168369
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3427 72/7/22 NR.LONE PINE,CALIF CESSNA TU206B CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 1030 TIME - 1130 N3821G PX- 0 0 4 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TUNNEL MEADOWS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONE PINE,CALIF RETURN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL STEERING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- NOSE GR STEERING COLLAR FAILED.HAD PRIOR PARTIAL FRACTURE.ACFT TYPICALLY USED IN ROUGH FLD OPNS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3821G
- Reported as
- Cessna TU206B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tunnel Meadows
N3821GRegistered now · Cessna TU206BAirframe modelCessna TU206BEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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