- Date
- April 29, 1978
- Place
- Palo Alto, CA · PALO ALTO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2576CCessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report May 25, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780429008109A
- Case key
- 142722
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0644 78/4/29 PALO ALTO,CA CESSNA 170B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 417 TIME - 1100 N2576C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 214 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALO ALTO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SOUTH TAHOE,CA PALO ALTO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- LEFT BRAKE ASSY DISPLACED FROM NORMAL POSITION & OUTBOARD BRAKE LINING MISSING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2576C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Palo Alto
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.