- Date
- February 19, 1966
- Place
- East St Louis, IL · EAST ST LOUIS, IL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2153PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172821
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1807 66/2/19 EAST ST LOUIS ILL PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N2153P PX- 0 0 2 TEST AGE 20, 1100 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 30 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BI-STATE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE REMARKS- NOSE GEAR RETRACT STRUT FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2153P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bi-State
N2153PRegistration cancelled Jun 17, 2013 · Piper PA-23Airframe modelPiper PA-23Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N2153P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.