- Date
- January 24, 1965
- Place
- Ft Lauderdale, FL · FT LAUDERDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2740NCessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180003
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0093 65/1/24 FT LAUDERDALE FLA CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 37, 156 TIME - 1755 N2740N PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 65 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRADLEY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- LEFT MAIN GEAR AXLE FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2740N
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bradley
N2740NRegistration cancelled Jul 20, 2009 · Cessna 140Airframe modelCessna 140Engine modelContinental C85 series
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