- Date
- December 14, 1964
- Place
- Van Nuys, CA · VAN NUYS, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N188VCamair 480
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180389
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3866 64/12/14 VAN NUYS CALIF CAMAIR 480 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 475 TIME - 1500 N188V PX- 0 0 1 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VAN NUYS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) LDG GR-MALFUNCTION OF GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE LATCH PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT)
Aircraft
- Registration
- N188V
- Reported as
- Camair 480
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Van Nuys
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