- Date
- February 13, 1966
- Place
- South Bend, IN · SOUTH BEND, IN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6051PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173829
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0286 66/2/13 SOUTH BEND IND PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 2000 TIME - 1230 N6051P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 388 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ST JOSEPH COUNTY 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 - OVERLOAD FAILURE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE REMARKS- NOSE GEAR ALIGNER TRACK DEFORMED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6051P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- St Joseph County