- Date
- November 12, 1979
- Place
- Bullhead City, AZ · BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9009DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report January 8, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791112032979A
- Case key
- 134803
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2859 79/11/12 NR.BULLHEAD CITY,AZ PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 1000 TIME - 1215 N9009D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 320 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MINING STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BULLHEAD CITY,AZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POOR WELD REMARKS- IMPROPER WELD FAILED ALLOWING LEFT MAIN GEAR TO COLLAPSE.CONV GEAR INSTALLED IAW STC-SA 45RM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9009D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mining Strip
N9009DRegistered now · Piper PA-22-160Airframe modelPiper PA-22-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.