- Date
- April 24, 1973
- Place
- Texarkana, AR · TEXARKANA, AR
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4852PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report June 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730424010869A
- Case key
- 190733
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0978 73/4/24 TEXARKANA,ARK PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1720 N4852P PX- 0 0 2 DUAL 39, 6287 TOTAL HOURS, 506 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEBB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TEXARKANA,ARK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT REMARKS- 10 HRS SINCE 100 HR INSP ON 4/10/73. NOSE GR WOULD NOT LOCK DWN,OUT ADJ 3 AND 1/2 TURNS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4852P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Webb
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.