- Date
- March 14, 1970
- Place
- Mobile, AL · MOBILE, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2028PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report October 9, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 137637
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1165 70/3/14 MOBILE,ALA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 1112 TIME - 1209 N2028P PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 262 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BATES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HUNTSVILLE,TEX MOBILE,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- NOSE GR LT FLICKERED. MICRO SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED. GR WOULDNT LOCK DOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2028P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bates