- Date
- June 4, 1973
- Place
- Baltimore, MD · BALTIMORE, MD
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8975PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730604014959A
- Case key
- 190465
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1328 73/6/4 BALTIMORE,MD PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 1750 TIME - 1146 N8975P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1100 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FRIENDSHIP INT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BALTIMORE,MD WILLIAMSBURG,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- EXTDD GR UN OBTAIN SAFE GR LIGHT.GR FITTINGS AND RETRACT LINKS ENCRUSTED WITH GREASE AND DIRT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8975P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Friendship Int
N8975PRegistration cancelled Jun 18, 2013 · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine 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.
Other investigations on N8975P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MKC87FA169Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportKanorado, KSThe fss stated they had personally briefed the student pilot on the wx en route for this night flight and told him VFR was not recommended. At the first stop, he called the co-owner of the airplane and told her he had been flying around storms. At the next…NTSB MIA68F0439Accident · No injuriesClosedHialeah, FL