- Date
- June 14, 1964
- Place
- Hebron, IL · HEBRON, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N98527Piper J3C
- Status
- Completed · report October 22, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183438
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1739 64/6/14 HEBRON ILL PIPER J3C CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1205 N98527 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 40, 685 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 500 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HEBRON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) LDG GR-FATIGUE FAILURE OF BOTH SHOCK STRUTS. PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DETERIORATED REMARKS- SHOCK STRUT TUBING DETERIORATED BY RUST
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98527
- Reported as
- Piper J3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hebron
N98527Registration cancelled Jun 4, 2022 · Piper J3C-65Airframe modelPiper J3C-65Engine modelContinental C85 series
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Other investigations on N98527 · 1
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