- Date
- September 17, 1977
- Place
- Birmingham, AL · BIRMINGHAM, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5779PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report November 13, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770917030009A
- Case key
- 145115
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2385 77/9/17 BIRMINGHAM,AL PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1340 N5779P PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 52, 15210 TOTAL HOURS, 40 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIRMINGHAM,AL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION POMPANO BEACH,FL BIRMINGHAM,AL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5779P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Birmingham,Al
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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 N5779P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ERA21LA251Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportMonticello, NYThe pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection which resulted in a failure of the right main landing gear tire on landing rollout, a subsequent loss of directional control, and landing gear collapse.NTSB MIA71FKG56Accident · No injuriesClosedMacon, GA