- Date
- November 23, 1978
- Place
- Concord, CA · CONCORD, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N965CStinson 108-3
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 143932
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3265 78/11/23 CONCORD,CA STINSON 108-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 125 TIME - 1548 N965C PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUCHANNAN FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CONCORD,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- WELD BROKEN ON ATTACH POINT OF LEFT MAIN GEAR OLEO STRUT FUSELAGE PLATE FOR UNKNOWN REASON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N965C
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Buchannan Field
N965CRegistration cancelled Nov 29, 2012 · Stinson 108-3Airframe modelStinson 108-3Engine modelFranklin 6A4165 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.