- Date
- June 5, 1968
- Place
- Alexandria, LA · ALEXANDRIA, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6033YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110131
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1448 68/6/5 ALEXANDRIA,LA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1830 N6033Y PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC AGE 37, 7730 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 450 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUHLOW LAKE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) REMARKS- RT GEAR IMPROPERLY RIGGED,COULD NOT LOCK DOWN. GEAR LTS SHOWED SAFE.ANNUAL INSPECTION 10 HRS PRIOR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6033Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Buhlow Lake
N6033YRegistration cancelled Jun 12, 2020 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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