- Date
- September 19, 1978
- Place
- Covington, KY · COVINGTON, KY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1440TPiper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780919031269A
- Case key
- 139874
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3139 78/9/19 COVINGTON,KY PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2015 N1440T PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 36, 2179 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 224 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRTR CINCINNATI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP COVINGTON,KY RETURN LEXINGTON,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- NOSE GR MOUNT ASSY CRACKED AND TORN,ROD END BRG BENT,MICRO SW SEPTD FM MOUNT ASSY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1440T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grtr Cincinnati
N1440TRegistration cancelled Mar 25, 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.