- Date
- February 14, 1974
- Place
- Sanford, FL · SANFORD, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N15470Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 2, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740214003939A
- Case key
- 187016
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0281 74/2/14 SANFORD,FLA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 604 TIME - 1410 N15470 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, 323 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANFORD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ORLANDO,FLA RETURN SANFORD,FLA 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 - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING REMARKS- TWO LUGS ON CYL P/N 65319-03 BKN.R CONTAINED MARKINGS TYPICAL OF FATIGUE.L APPEARED OVER-STRESSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15470
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sanford
N15470Registered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine 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.