- Date
- November 13, 1966
- Place
- Topeka, KS · TOPEKA, KS
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8031PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119721
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3850 66/11/13 TOPEKA KANS PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 625 TIME - 1600 N8031P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 600 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALLEN AIRPARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE REMARKS- R MAIN GEAR RETRACT TUBE BENT PREVENTED DRAG LINK ASSY FROM LOCKING OVERCENTER,GR INDICATED LOCKED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8031P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Allen Airpark
N8031PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N8031P · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.