- Date
- December 20, 1967
- Place
- Little Rock, AR · LITTLE ROCK, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5904YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report February 2, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112604
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4350 67/12/20 LITTLE ROCK,ARK PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 3620 TIME - 1700 N5904Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ADAMS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS REMARKS- PIECES OF TAR COVERED GRAVEL PREVENTED NOSE GEAR FROM LOCKING DOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5904Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Adams
N5904YRegistration cancelled Sep 27, 2012 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.