- Date
- October 30, 1970
- Place
- Gallup, NM · GALLUP, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7749PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161290
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1534 70/10/30 GALLUP,N MEX PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 587 TIME - 1558 N7749P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GALLUP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FARMINGTON,N MEX GALLUP,N MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- LNDG GR TRANS DRIVE 40PCT OF TEETH WORN OFF.ACFT PERIODIC INSP 10/16/70.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7749P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gallup
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Other investigations on N7749P · 4
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