- Date
- July 8, 1976
- Place
- Mobile, AL · MOBILE, AL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N16442Piper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760708019769A
- Case key
- 154577
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2795 76/7/8 MOBILE,AL PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 2044 TIME - 2026 N16442 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BATES FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST TAMMANY,LA MOBILE,AL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- NOSE LNDG GR LOCK SPRING P/N 83302-21 BKN,JAMMED BTWN LIGHT SWITCH AND CAM LATCH ASSEMBLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16442
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bates Field
N16442Registration cancelled Mar 11, 2003 · Piper PA-23-150Airframe modelPiper PA-23-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.