- Date
- July 17, 1978
- Place
- San Antonio, TX · SAN ANTONIO, TX
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N27605Piper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780717020999A
- Case key
- 140884
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1947 78/7/17 SAN ANTONIO,TX PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1650 N27605 PX- 0 0 6 DEMONSTRATION AGE 31, 2215 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 20 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KELLY AFB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAREDO,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - HYDRAULIC SYSTEM: RESERVOIR,LINES,FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY REMARKS- LEFT MAIN GEAR HYD HOSE ASSY,P/N17766-27,BLOCKEDBY RUBBER MATERIAL,HOSE LEAKED UNDER PRESSURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27605
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kelly Afb
N27605Registration cancelled Sep 4, 2021 · Piper PA-31-325Airframe modelPiper PA-31-325Engine 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.