- Date
- September 14, 1966
- Place
- Louisville, KY · LOUISVILLE, KY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7727YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121034
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2156 66/9/14 LOUISVILLE KY PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 8354 TIME - 1732 N7727Y PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 720 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOWMAN FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- BALL JOINT END OF LANDING GEAR ACTUATING CONDUIT PIN 455180 FAILED AT OUTBOARD END OF THREADS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7727Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bowman Field
N7727YRegistration cancelled Jun 14, 2013 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.