19740416008599A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-23 · Opa Locka, FL · April 16, 1974

Date
April 16, 1974
Place
Opa Locka, FL
Airport
Opa Locka
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2075P
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA74DKT70
Reported as
Piper PA23
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,265 total117 in this make and model41 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Unsafe nose gr ind.p/n 19045.00 upper drag link assem bkn 1/3 around. Vis insp area undetectable.

As the FAA filed it

UNSAFE NOSE GR IND.P/N 19045.00 UPPER DRAG LINK ASSEM BKN 1/3 AROUND.VIS INSP AREA UNDETECTABLE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.