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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23 · Franklin, IN · August 17, 1979

Date: August 17, 1979 · 16:15 local
Place: Franklin, IN
Airport: Flying
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1260F
Reported as: Piper PA23
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,900 total500 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N1260FRegistration cancelled Oct 11, 2012 · Piper PA-23S/N 23-385 · Built 1955 Airframe modelPiper PA-23 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

Right main gear collapsed during taxi. Hydraulic fluid had foreign matter in it.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED DURING TAXI. HYDRAULIC FLUID HAD FOREIGN MATTER IN IT.