- Date
- October 20, 1964
- Place
- Horn Lake, MS · HORN LAKE, MS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2274NCessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report November 27, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 186033
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3266 64/10/20 HORN LAKE MISS CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 100 TIME - 1215 N2274N PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DESOTO AIRPARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) REMARKS- STRUT SADDLE SHOWED OLD CRACK
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2274N
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Desoto Airpark
N2274NRegistration cancelled Jul 30, 2022 · Cessna 140Airframe modelCessna 140Engine modelContinental C85 series
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