Aero Comdr 720 N688R

21 October 1973 · Rockton, Illinois, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 21 October 1973 at about 17:22 local time, a Aero Comdr 720 registered N688R was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Rockton, Illinois, 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: 21 October 1973 at 17:22
Classification: Accident
Location: Rockton, Illinois, United States
Nearest airport: Wagon Wheel
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Aero Comdr 720
Registration: N688R
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Chicago, Ill → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-4103

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.

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LEFT MAIN GEAR TIRE 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 3-4103, 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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Other Aero Comdr 720 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
12 Oct 1973	Aero Comdr 720 N825WD	Birmingham, Alabama, United States no coordinates	Winn Dixie Inc	No injuries	-
21 Jul 1971	Aero Comdr 720 N263X	Denver, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Telstar, Inc.	No injuries	-
10 Jun 1977	Aero Comdr 720 N138K	San Jose, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
4 Aug 1977	Aero Comdr 720 N688R	Wausau, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
4 Sep 1969	Aero Comdr 720 CF-SJA	Loring Afb, Maine, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
5 Nov 1980	Aero Comdr 720 N825WD	Wheeling, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

All 7 records for this type

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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
2 Jan 1973	Cessna 150J N61178	No.olmstead, Ohio, United States no coordinates	Ortner Air SER	No injuries	-
26 Mar 1973	Cessna 180 N4596B	Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
8 Mar 1973	Cessna 210H N5941F	Flagler Beach, Florida, United States no coordinates	Asphalt Produc	Fatal	1
14 Apr 1973	Cessna 172 N2692U	Bristol, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
24 May 1973	Cessna 150F N8182F	Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
25 Mar 1973	Lake LA-4 N455	Key West, Florida, United States no coordinates	US Dept of INT	No injuries	-

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