- Date
- February 27, 1966
- Place
- Ft Meyers, FL · FT MEYERS, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N226FBPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report April 15, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173029
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0391 66/2/27 FT MEYERS FLA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 1273 TIME - 1945 N226FB PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 72 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PAGE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION REMARKS- NIGHT OPERATION.NOSE GEAR PUSH PULL ROD ASSEMBLY IMPROPERLY ADJUSTED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N226FB
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
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