- Date
- July 5, 1978
- Place
- St Simons Isle, GA · ST SIMONS ISLE, GA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7ADPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780705019469A
- Case key
- 140635
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2050 78/7/5 ST SIMONS ISLE,GA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 47, 400 TIME - 1145 N7AD PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MALCOLM-MCKINNON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JACKSON,TN ST SIMONS ISLE,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- NOSE STRUT FORK CASTING BROKEN AT THE FORK TO SLIDING TUBE BOLT ATTACHMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7AD
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Malcolm-Mckinnon
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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 N7AD · 1
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