- Date
- April 6, 1979
- Place
- Houston, TX · HOUSTON, TX
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N27634Piper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report May 17, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790406009229A
- Case key
- 136979
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0758 79/4/6 HOUSTON,TX PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0230 N27634 PX- 0 0 5 BUSINESS AGE 24, 3500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1010 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOUSTON INTERCNTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NASHVILLE,TN HOUSTON,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27634
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Houston Intercntl
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.