- Date
- June 17, 1966
- Place
- Littleton, CO · LITTLETON, CO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4873PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report September 7, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 170961
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1929 66/6/17 LITTLETON COLO PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 300 TIME - 1000 N4873P PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 176 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLUMBINE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- LANDED ON ROUGH SOD AREA BETWEEN TAXIWAY AND RUNWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4873P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Columbine
N4873PRegistration cancelled Mar 18, 2013 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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