- Date
- November 8, 1964
- Place
- Wilmington, OH · WILMINGTON, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7007ECessna 175
- Status
- Completed · report December 9, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181656
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3440 64/11/8 WILMINGTON OHIO CESSNA 175 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 800 TIME - 1700 N7007E PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PENN FARM 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 PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) REMARKS- LANDING GEAR SPRING LEAF BROKE AT CABIN ENTRANCE STEP DUE TO EMPROPER WELD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7007E
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Penn Farm
N7007ERegistration cancelled Apr 2, 2022 · Cessna 175AAirframe modelCessna 175AEngine modelContinental GO-300 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.