- Date
- September 3, 1980
- Place
- Raeford, NC · RAEFORD, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2252QPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19800903084069I
- Case key
- 80042
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0016 80/9/3 RAEFORD,NC PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 4000 TIME - 0940 N2252Q PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - RAEFORD MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RALEIGH,NC RAEFORD,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY REMARKS- NOSE GEAR DWN LOCK BEARING SCREW,PN 410011,WAS LOOSE,BENT & WORN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2252Q
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Raeford Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2252Q · 1
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