- Date
- April 22, 1965
- Place
- Butte, MT · BUTTE, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9253XCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report January 28, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178580
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3614 65/4/22 BUTTE MONT CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 14 TOTAL TIME - 1810 N9253X PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SILVER BOW TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- NOSE WHEEL FORK FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9253X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Silver Bow
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