- Date
- February 13, 1965
- Place
- Tucson, AZ · TUCSON, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4559PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report April 21, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179606
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0426 65/2/13 TUCSON ARIZ PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 1133 TIME - 2130 N4559P PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 275 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TUCSON INT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) LDG GR-NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY IMPROPERLY RIGGED. PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4559P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tucson Int
N4559PRegistration cancelled Dec 7, 2012 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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