- Date
- July 29, 1979
- Place
- Reno, NV · RENO, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8880HNavion NAV-4
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790729018879A
- Case key
- 135595
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1319 79/7/29 RENO,NV NAVION NAV-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 9729 TIME - 1218 N8880H PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1052 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RENO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YUBA CITY,CA RENO,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES SYSTEMS - HYDRAULIC SYSTEM: RESERVOIR,LINES,FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOW FLUID LEVEL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8880H
- Reported as
- Navion NAV-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Reno
N8880HRegistered now · North American NAVION AAirframe modelNorth American NAVION AEngine modelContinental E185 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8880H · 1
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