- Date
- February 26, 1966
- Place
- Lombard, IL · LOMBARD, IL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9098WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 6, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173207
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0631 66/2/26 LOMBARD ILL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 481 TIME - 1135 N9098W PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 39 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- NUT SECURING LOWER NOSE GEAR SCISSOR TO NOSE GEAR STRUT FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9098W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9098WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-235Airframe modelPiper PA-28-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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