- Date
- April 2, 1965
- Place
- Riverdale, MI · RIVERDALE, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4865PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178797
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0874 65/4/2 RIVERDALE MICH PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 1909 TIME - 0700 N4865P PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 290 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STRAHAN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE REMARKS- MATERIAL FAILURE OF NOSE GEAR RETRACTING LINK ASSEMBLY.PREVIOUS DAMAGE BY HEAVY DUTY TOW EQUIPMENT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4865P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Strahan