- Date
- January 5, 1975
- Place
- Kenner, LA · KENNER, LA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7577LPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750105000189A
- Case key
- 146910
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0116 75/1/5 KENNER,LA PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 7221 TIME - 1505 N7577L PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW ORLEANS INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BATON ROUGE,LA KENNER,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STUCK MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- R GR DWN LOCK STUCK & ROD END BEARING FROZEN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7577L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- New Orleans Intl
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.