- Date
- June 22, 1978
- Place
- Decoy, KY · DECOY, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N55800Piper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780622014929A
- Case key
- 141774
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1309 78/6/22 DECOY,KY PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 3915 TIME - 1600 N55800 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 450 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARTY CORP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MORGANTOWN,KY DECOY,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STRIPPED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE REMARKS- BLEED FITTING OF R BRAKE MISSING.WING DMGD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55800
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Marty Corp
N55800Registration cancelled Jan 31, 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 N55800 · 1
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