19791016052119I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-25-235 · Potlach, AR · October 16, 1979

Date
October 16, 1979 · 10:30 local
Place
Potlach, AR
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6958Z
Reported as
Piper PA25235
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total2,000 in this make and model0 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.

Left wheel spindle assembly failed during takeoff.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT WHEEL SPINDLE ASSEMBLY FAILED DURING TAKEOFF.