- Date
- May 10, 1968
- Place
- Des Moines, IA · DES MOINES, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4040PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report June 14, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110860
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1218 68/5/10 DES MOINES,IOWA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0618 N4040P PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 28, 922 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 34 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DES MOINES TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS REMARKS- UPPER DRAG LINK OVER STRESSED BY DIRT BETWEEN DRAG LINKS,RESTRICTED MOVEMENT TO PROPER POSITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4040P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Des Moines