- Date
- March 14, 1965
- Place
- Spearman, TX · SPEARMAN , TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5142YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178467
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1216 65/3/14 SPEARMAN TEX PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 2542 TIME - 2115 N5142Y PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 900 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPEARMAN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- RIGHT MAIN GEAR RETRACTING LINK BOLT FAILED. NIGHT OPERATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5142Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Spearman
N5142YRegistration cancelled May 30, 2018 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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