- Date
- January 26, 1975
- Place
- Rochester, MN · ROCHESTER, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8367YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750126003009A
- Case key
- 148269
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0726 75/1/26 NR.ROCHESTER,MN PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 1388 TIME - 1431 N8367Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROCHESTER MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCHESTER,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: BATTERIES REMARKS- LINKAGE BETWEEN NOSE AND MAIN GEAR IMPROPERLY ADJUSTED.WEAK OR DEAD BATTERY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8367Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rochester Muni
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.