- Date
- July 8, 1976
- Place
- Ruidoso, NM · RUIDOSO, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N13986Piper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760708017939A
- Case key
- 154526
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1606 76/7/8 RUIDOSO,NM PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1630 N13986 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 39, 4677 TOTAL HOURS, 750 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RUIDOSO MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIDLAND,TX RUIDOSO,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- SUSPECT NOSE GEAR DAMAGE DURING TOWING AND TURN LIMITS WERE EXCEEDED.NOSE WHEEL BROKE FROM STRUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13986
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ruidoso Muni
N13986Registration cancelled Apr 6, 2005 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N13986 · 1
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