- Date
- March 14, 1965
- Place
- Chamblee, GA · CHAMBLEE, GA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6579PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report June 17, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178822
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0902 65/3/14 CHAMBLEE GA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1847 N6579P PX- 0 0 2 DUAL AGE 21, 593 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 13 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DEKALB-PEACHTREE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT REMARKS- MATERIAL FAILURE OF NOSE GEAR DRAG LINK CLEVIS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6579P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dekalb-Peachtree
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Other investigations on N6579P · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.