- Date
- August 22, 1971
- Place
- Sarasota, FL · SARASOTA, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6276PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163092
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3240 71/8/22 SARASOTA,FLA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 43, 227 TIME - 1730 N6276P PX- 0 0 1 SEARCH AND RESCUE TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SARASOTA-BRADENT0 DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SARASOTA,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION REMARKS- R GR RETRACT CABLE FAILED IN THREADED PORTION. HEIM BEARING FOUND BADLY RUSTED,25 HRS SINCE ANNUAL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6276P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sarasota-Bradent0
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