- Date
- October 5, 1973
- Place
- Tuscaloosa, AL · TUSCALOOSA, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1434TPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731005040639A
- Case key
- 187866
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3770 73/10/5 TUSCALOOSA,ALA PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 243 TIME - 1820 N1434T PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 52 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VAN DE GRAFF DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MORGANTOWN,NC TUSCALOOSA,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- CRACK IN FWD TRUNNION ALLOWED LDG GR TO MOVE AFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1434T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Van De Graff
N1434TRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 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.
Other investigations on N1434T · 1
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