- Date
- October 3, 1967
- Place
- Dorado Beach, PR · DORADO BEACH, PR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N377DWPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113848
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3585 67/10/3 DORADO BEACH,PR PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 5500 TIME - 1205 N377DW PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DORADO BEACH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- NOSE GEAR LOCK LINK ASSEMBLY WAS BENT. NOSE GEAR MICRO SWITCH MALFUNCTIONING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N377DW
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dorado Beach
N377DWRegistered now · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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