- Date
- November 30, 1976
- Place
- Dermott, AR · DERMOTT, AR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N55830Piper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761130036859A
- Case key
- 156400
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3434 76/11/30 DERMOTT,AR PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1215 N55830 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 55, 9485 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 6 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DERMOTT,AR GREENVILLE TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- AUTO GEAR DID NOT FUNCTION AND LOCK GEAR DN. BROKEN SPRING AT UNDET TIME.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55830
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N55830Registered now · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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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.