- Date
- February 15, 1964
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8294ACessna 170B
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185146
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0359 64/2/15 LAS VEGAS NEV CESSNA 170B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 85 TOTAL TIME - 1600 N8294A PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 80 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- NON-AIRCRAFT BOLT IN GEAR ATTACH FITTING FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8294A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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