CHI73FEE14

NTSB incident investigation · Piper PA-24 · Rockford, IL · August 7, 1972

Incident · No injuriesClosed
Date
August 7, 1972
Place
Rockford, IL · ROCKFORD, IL
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N6460PPiper PA-24
Status
Completed · report March 8, 1973
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
168750

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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5-0030   72/8/7    ROCKFORD,ILL        PIPER PA-24         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 869
        TIME - 1004                    N6460P              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 88 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GREATER ROCKFORD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ROCHELLE,ILL                ROCKFORD,ILL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           WHEELS-UP                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BINDING

Aircraft

Registration
N6460P
Reported as
Piper PA-24
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Minor damage
Airport
Greater Rockford

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.