ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 371763
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Date: | Saturday 5 December 1987 |
Time: | 13:18 LT |
Type: | Cessna 180 |
Owner/operator: | Minn. Skydrivers Club Inc. |
Registration: | N2957C |
MSN: | 30857 |
Year of manufacture: | 1954 |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-470-J |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Carlton, MN -
United States of America
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Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PLT RPRTD THAT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AS HE STARTED TO TAXI FROM THE RAMP AREA ON A SMOOTH GRASS SURFACE. WHEN THE GEAR COLLAPSED, THE LEFT WING DROPPED TO THE GROUND & WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DMGD. THE PLT RPRTD THE LEFT GEAR LEG HAD BROKEN OFF 2 INCHES 'INSIDE THE BULKHEAD.' AN EXAM OF THE BROKEN PART REVEALED IT HAD FAILED FROM FATIGUE.
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Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI88LA032 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 6 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB CHI88LA032
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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