- Date
- April 16, 1974
- Place
- Opa Locka, FL · OPA LOCKA, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2075PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740416008599A
- Case key
- 153256
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1027 74/4/16 OPA LOCKA,FLA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1800 N2075P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 27, 2266 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 117 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OPA LOCKA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OPA LOCKA,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- UNSAFE NOSE GR IND.P/N 19045.00 UPPER DRAG LINK ASSEM BKN 1/3 AROUND.VIS INSP AREA UNDETECTABLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2075P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Opa Locka
N2075PRegistration cancelled Aug 9, 2012 · Piper PA-23Airframe modelPiper PA-23Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.