- Date
- May 10, 1971
- Place
- Nogales, AZ · NOGALES, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3453PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report October 21, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161171
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0179 71/5/10 NOGALES,ARIZ PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 41, 96 TOTAL TIME - 1830 N3453P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NOGALES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NOGALES,ARIZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- NOSE GR DRAG LINK ASSEMBLY SEVERED IN ACTUATOR LINK ATCHMNT AREA
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3453P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nogales