- Date
- August 28, 1967
- Place
- Billings, MT · BILLINGS, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9886BChampion 7FC
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113798
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3529 67/8/28 BILLINGS,MONT CHAMPION 7FC CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 31, 8 TOTAL TIME - 1158 N9886B PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOGAN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- NOSE GEAR UPPER SHOCK STRUT ATTACH FITTING FAILED. ACFT USED IN ROUGH FIELD OPERATION CUSTOMARILY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9886B
- Reported as
- Champion 7FC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Logan
N9886BRegistration cancelled Feb 14, 2017 · Aeronca 7FCAirframe modelAeronca 7FCEngine modelContinental C90 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.