- Date
- February 3, 1972
- Place
- Montgomery, AL · MONTGOMERY, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5663PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report October 11, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165102
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0423 72/2/3 MONTGOMERY,ALA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 5497 TIME - 1430 N5663P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 81 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MAXWELL AFB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HUNTSVILLE,ALA ALABASTER,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 - JAMMED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY REMARKS- MISALIGNMENT OF P/N14976-15 BUSHING ASSY & P/N2179-00 ALIGNER BRACKET.WEAR IN NSE WHL STRNG LNKAGE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5663P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Maxwell Afb
N5663PRegistration cancelled Jun 7, 2017 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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