- Date
- June 5, 1976
- Place
- Washington, DC · WASHINGTON, DC
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8312CPiper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 155121
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0007 76/6/5 WASHINGTON,DC PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1300 N8312C PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG 28, 4054 TOTAL HOURS, 7 DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - WASH NATIONAL APT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION READING,PA WASHINGTON,DC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) REMARKS- DN LOCK LINK ASSEMBLY,P/N 56829-00,BROKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8312C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Wash National Apt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.