- Date
- November 30, 1965
- Place
- Memphis, TN · MEMPHIS, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7524PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report January 3, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174612
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3370 65/11/30 MEMPHIS TENN PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 1300 TIME - 1025 N7524P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 240 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEMPHIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- GEAR BRAKE SOLENOID FAILED RESULTING IN BENDING OF NOSE GEAR DRAG LINK ASSEMBLY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7524P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Memphis
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