- Date
- January 24, 1975
- Place
- Dover, DE · DOVER, DE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N15686Piper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report June 6, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750124042849A
- Case key
- 148672
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0006 75/1/24 DOVER,DE PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0733 N15686 PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 29, 3394 TOTAL HOURS, 497 DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - DELAWARE AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OCEAN CITY,MD DOVER,DE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- NOSE GR ASSEMBLY TO UPPER DRAG LINK BOLT P/N 400-274 BROKE.NOSE GR COLLAPSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15686
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Delaware Airpark
N15686Registration cancelled Aug 12, 1988 · Piper PA-34-200Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 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 N15686 · 1
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