- Date
- March 5, 1969
- Place
- Lake Wales, FL · LAKE WALES, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1338PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184949
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1854 69/3/5 LAKE WALES,FLA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1630 N1338P PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 33, 880 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 35 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE WALES TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- REAR TUBE OF DRAG BRACE ASSY OF NOSE WHEEL BROKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1338P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake Wales
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