- Date
- September 24, 1974
- Place
- Hibbing, MN · HIBBING, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N14223Piper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740924040989A
- Case key
- 138626
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4170 74/9/24 HIBBING,MINN PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 2066 TIME - 1315 N14223 PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 225 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HIBBING DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BISMARCK,N DAK HIBBING,MINN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM SYSTEMS - HYDRAULIC SYSTEM: SEALS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED REMARKS- HYD LEAK,LDG GEAR WAS NOT LOCKED DOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14223
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hibbing
N14223Registration cancelled Apr 26, 2013 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.