- Date
- March 10, 1968
- Place
- Fayetteville, NC · FAYETTEVILLE, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3744WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111628
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0485 68/3/10 FAYETTEVILLE,NC PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 550 TIME - 1040 N3744W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 490 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRANNIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE,NONE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- NOSE STRUT FLAT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3744W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grannis
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Other investigations on N3744W · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ATL85LA126Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBlairsville, GADuring flt, the plt encountered unfavorable winds & rain, then became concerned about his fuel supply. He diverted to Blairsville & was landing when a gust of wind blew the acft side ways. The plt re-aligned the acft with the rwy, but it suddenly dropped &…NTSB CHI83LA330Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportDemotte, INThe plt stated he overflew the unfamiliar arpt & landed to the south (downwind) because of power lines on the approach to the north. He was high on final due to a tree in the approach path. The acft floated during the flare. He then raisedthe nose & the right…