- Date
- September 21, 1973
- Place
- Robertsdale, AL · ROBERTSDALE, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4510PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730921030949A
- Case key
- 187865
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3768 73/9/21 ROBERTSDALE,ALA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 6350 TIME - 0530 N4510P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 105 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROBERTSDALE,ALA ATMORE,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CHAFED REMARKS- NSE GR DRAG LINK WORN CAUSING LDG GR TO BE OUT OF RIG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4510P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4510PRegistration cancelled Nov 29, 2012 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.