- Date
- December 17, 1970
- Place
- Vero Beach, FL · VERO BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5781UPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159667
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4413 70/12/17 VERO BEACH,FLA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 33, 17 TOTAL TIME - 1249 N5781U PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VERO BEACH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VERO BEACH,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING REMARKS- ON SECOND LDG DURING ROLL AS POWER WAS APPLIED FOR T/O,NOSE WHEEL BROKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5781U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vero Beach
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