- Date
- April 9, 1964
- Place
- Elizabeth City, NC · ELIZABETH CITY, NC
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6224XAero Comm 500B
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184668
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0864 64/4/9 ELIZABETH CITY NC AERO COMM 500B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 8000 TIME - 1600 N6224X PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1350 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- LEFT TIRE FAILED. LANDED AT ABANDONED AIRPORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6224X
- Reported as
- Aero Comm 500B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6224XRegistered now · Aero Commander 500-BAirframe modelAero Commander 500-BEngine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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