- Date
- January 1, 1977
- Place
- Gadsden, AL · GADSDEN, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7507PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770101000169A
- Case key
- 156975
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0394 77/1/1 GADSDEN,AL PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 3000 TIME - 1400 N7507P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GADSDEN MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTGOMERY,AL ATLANTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- NOSE GR ACTUATING ROD BKN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7507P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gadsden Muni
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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 N7507P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.