- Date
- August 18, 1979
- Place
- Cottonwood, AZ · COTTONWOOD, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7725PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report January 12, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790818043159A
- Case key
- 133844
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3997 79/8/18 COTTONWOOD,AZ PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 62, 5000 TIME - 1100 N7725P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2500 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COTTONWOOD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SEDONA,AZ COTTONWOOD,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED REMARKS- L REAR N/G DRAG LIN,P/N 23109-000,TWISTED.R MLG RET CBL ROD END,P/N 452-377,BROKE.PRIOR W/UP LNDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7725P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cottonwood
N7725PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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.