- Date
- February 5, 1972
- Place
- Silver Bay, MN · SILVER BAY, MN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7644HPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165014
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0600 72/2/5 SILVER BAY,MINN PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1315 N7644H PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 35, 522 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 193 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SILVER BAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAX LAKE,MINN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE REMARKS- STRUT BREAK AREA INDICATED HARD LDG OR OPERATION OFF ROUGH TERRAIN.SKI MOD.TKOF FRM SNW CVRD LAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7644H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Silver Bay
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