- Date
- June 10, 1976
- Place
- Memphis, TN · MEMPHIS, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6896KPiper PA-20
- Status
- Completed · report August 3, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760610018209A
- Case key
- 154547
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1533 76/6/10 MEMPHIS,TN PIPER PA-20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 2009 TIME - 1815 N6896K PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GEN DEWITT SPAIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEMPHIS,TN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- TAILWHEEL SPRING BROKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6896K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gen Dewitt Spain
N6896KRegistration cancelled May 2, 2013 · Piper PA-20Airframe modelPiper PA-20Engine modelLycoming 0-290 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.