- Date
- April 20, 1976
- Place
- Lexington, KY · LEXINGTON, KY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N55322Piper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760420013979A
- Case key
- 153833
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1266 76/4/20 LEXINGTON,KY PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 4800 TIME - 1640 N55322 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 796 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLUE GRASS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GULFPORT,MS LEXINGTON,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL STEERING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT REMARKS- NOSE GR CENTERING ROLLER OUT OF TRACK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55322
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Blue Grass Field
N55322Registration cancelled Apr 22, 2013 · 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 N55322 · 1
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