- Date
- April 10, 1976
- Place
- Savannah, GA · SAVANNAH, GA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N16389Piper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760410008089A
- Case key
- 153668
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1939 76/4/10 SAVANNAH,GA PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 1144 TIME - 1908 N16389 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 94 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAVANNAH MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAVANNAH,GA ATHENS,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS REMARKS- NOSE GR,BOTH LINE FITTINGS P/N 67600-00 & P/N 95297-00 CLOGGED BY UNIDENTIFIED MATTER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16389
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Savannah Muni
N16389Registration cancelled Jul 2, 2022 · Piper PA-34-200Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N16389 · 1
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