- Date
- March 25, 1973
- Place
- Grand Rapids, MN · GRAND RAPIDS, MN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5671PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report May 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730325009369A
- Case key
- 170566
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0906 73/3/25 GRAND RAPIDS,MINN PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 1530 TIME - 1030 N5671P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAND RAPIDS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANGDON,N DAK CLOQUET,MINN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER CLEARANCE-TOLERANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ELECT FAIL.GR LWRD MANUALLY DID NOT LOCK.DRAG LINK AND BUSHINGS WORN.GEN BRUSH WORN,OTR NOT CTCG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5671P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grand Rapids
N5671PRegistration cancelled Apr 22, 2013 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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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.