19790818043159A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Cottonwood, AZ · August 18, 1979

Date
August 18, 1979 · 11:00 local
Place
Cottonwood, AZ
Airport
Cottonwood
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7725P
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX79DUK12
Reported as
Piper PA24250
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total2,500 in this make and model23 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Landing gear collapsed on landing. Found twisted drag link & broken side brace on landing gear. Cause undetermined.

As the FAA filed it

LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. FOUND TWISTED DRAG LINK & BROKEN SIDE BRACE ON LANDING GEAR. CAUSE UNDETERMINED.

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N7725P · 1

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