- Date
- January 22, 1978
- Place
- Ontario, CA · ONTARIO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6678PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780122001739A
- Case key
- 143782
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0209 78/1/22 ONTARIO,CA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 1410 TIME - 1700 N6678P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1006 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ONTARIO INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MONTEREY PNSLA,CA RIALTO,CA A TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- BOLT THAT SECURES GEAR RETRACTION ARM TO GEAR RETRACTION TORQUE TUBE SHEARED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6678P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ontario Intl
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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 N6678P · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CEN20FA023Accident · 3 fatalClass 3 · FieldFinal reportSan Antonio, TXThe loss of engine power for reason that could not be determined. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control while maneuvering to landing which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin with insufficient altitude to recover.NTSB LAX66F0203Accident · No injuriesClosedReno, NVNTSB SEA66F0003Accident · No injuriesClosedSeatte, WANTSB UNK64X3489Accident · No injuriesClosedDelhi, CA