- Date
- December 6, 1965
- Place
- Detroit, MI · DETROIT, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5700YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report April 12, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174431
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3939 65/12/6 DETROIT MICH PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1623 N5700Y PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG 44, 5900 TOTAL HOURS, 116 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DETROIT CITY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION REMARKS- NOSE GEAR AXLE PLUG P/N PAC-31798-00 AND RETAINER BOLT P/N AN6-71 MISSING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5700Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Detroit City
N5700YRegistration cancelled Apr 18, 2019 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming IO-540 series
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