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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Grand Forks, ND · August 26, 1986

Date
August 26, 1986 · 15:35 local
Place
Grand Forks, ND
Airport
Grand Forks International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N900TS
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN86LA239
Reported as
Piper PA23250
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540C4B5
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,725 total33 in this make and model70 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Landing gear collapsed while taxiing. Overcenter altuator and spring damaged. Suspect inadvertent gear retraction.

As the FAA filed it

LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED WHILE TAXIING. OVERCENTER ALTUATOR AND SPRING DAMAGED. SUSPECT INADVERTENT GEAR RETRACTION.

NTSB investigation

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