- Date
- July 4, 1978
- Place
- N.Little Rock, AR · N.LITTLE ROCK, AR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3416PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report August 10, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780704020129A
- Case key
- 141338
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1634 78/7/4 N.LITTLE ROCK,AR PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1945 N3416P PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING 65, 7675 TOTAL HOURS, 100 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - N.LITTLE ROCK MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION N.LITTLE ROCK,AR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BENT REMARKS- L GR UPPER DRAG BRACE ASSY,P/N16190.00.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3416P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- N.Little Rock Mun
N3416PRegistration cancelled Oct 3, 2014 · Piper PA-23-160Airframe modelPiper PA-23-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3416P · 1
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