- Date
- January 24, 1981
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX · FORT WORTH, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4927PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report February 18, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810124001969A
- Case key
- 127145
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0104 81/1/24 FORT WORTH,TX PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 65, 1317 TIME - 1715 N4927P PX- 0 0 0 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, 62 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SYCAMORE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT WORTH,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- LOWER SCISSORS FORK CENTER BOLT FAILED ON RT GR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4927P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sycamore
N4927PRegistration cancelled Feb 9, 2006 · Piper PA-23-235Airframe modelPiper PA-23-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4927P · 1
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