- Date
- October 2, 1978
- Place
- Little Rock, AR · LITTLE ROCK, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N63951Piper PA-23E
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781002031109A
- Case key
- 138984
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2929 78/10/2 LITTLE ROCK,AR PIPER PA-23E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 1900 TIME - 1800 N63951 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1265 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ADAMS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KEO,AR LITTLE ROCK,AR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS - HYDRAULIC SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOW FLUID LEVEL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63951
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Adams Field
N63951Registered now · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.