- Date
- May 20, 1964
- Place
- Indianapolis, IN · INDIANAPOLIS, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4108BAero Comm 520
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184015
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1344 64/5/20 INDIANAPOLIS IND AERO COMM 520 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 7451 TIME - 0940 N4108B PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 152 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEIR COOK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE REMARKS- TORQUE KNEE SCISSORS FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4108B
- Reported as
- Aero Comm 520
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Weir Cook
N4108BRegistration cancelled Jun 4, 2012 · Aero Commander 520Airframe modelAero Commander 520Engine modelLycoming GO-435C&D 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.