- Date
- August 13, 1974
- Place
- Morgantown, WV · MORGANTOWN, WV
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5676PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740813035559A
- Case key
- 138724
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3419 74/8/13 MORGANTOWN,W VA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 422 TIME - 1415 N5676P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 66 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MORGANTOWN MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP GAITHERSBURG,MD ZANESVILLE,OHIO MORGANTOWN,W VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS REMARKS- GR UP LIMIT SWITCH P/N 25203-00 DEFECTIVE.GR WARN OUT OF ADJ.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5676P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Morgantown Muni
N5676PRegistration cancelled Aug 5, 2013 · Piper PA-24-180Airframe modelPiper PA-24-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.