- Date
- July 18, 1969
- Place
- Kalispell, MT · KALISPELL, MT
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4703TMaule M-4
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169455
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2283 69/7/18 KALISPELL,MONT MAULE M-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 225 TIME - 1745 N4703T PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 29 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GLACIER PARK 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- L GR OLEO STRUT FUSELAGE FITTING FAILED IN THE WELD AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4703T
- Reported as
- Maule M-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Glacier Park
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