- Date
- August 21, 1976
- Place
- Metaline Falls, WA · METALINE FALLS, WA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8204ZCessna 205
- Status
- Completed · report October 22, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760821027979A
- Case key
- 155826
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2830 76/8/21 METALINE FALLS,WA CESSNA 205 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 1624 TIME - 1530 N8204Z PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 551 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SULLIVAN LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SEATTLE,WA METALINE FALLS,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE REMARKS- NOSE GR FORK FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8204Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 205
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sullivan Lake
N8204ZRegistered now · Cessna 210-5(205)Airframe modelCessna 210-5(205)Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8204Z · 1
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