# NTSB MIA78DLA43: Piper PA-23, N7AD, St Simons Isle, GA, July 5, 1978

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 5, 1978
- Place: St Simons Isle, GA · ST SIMONS ISLE, GA
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 31, 1978
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 140635
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA78DLA43
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78DLA43

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7AD-1982-08-17), registration cancelled 1982-08-17, S/N 27-406 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Malcolm-Mckinnon

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19780705019469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780705019469A), Jul 5, 1978: Piper PA23, St Simons Isle, GA, Substantial damage. Nose strut fork casting broken at the fork to sliding tube bolt ahment.

## Other investigations on N7AD (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL80FLT11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FLT11), Aug 1, 1980: Piper PA-23 (N7AD), Jackson, TN, destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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