Cessna 150F N8805S

31 July 1966 · Anchorage Alas, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 31 July 1966 at about 17:27 local time, a Cessna 150F registered N8805S, operated by Merrill Flight, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Anchorage Alas, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 31 July 1966 at 17:27
Classification: Accident
Location: Anchorage Alas, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport: Merrill Field
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 150F
Registration: N8805S
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Merrill Flight
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Practice
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2936

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PILOT REPORTED NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY BEFORE FAILURE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2936, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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