- Date
- January 24, 1976
- Place
- So St Paul, MN · SO ST PAUL, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3266PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report April 15, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760124003329A
- Case key
- 152788
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0444 76/1/24 SO ST PAUL,MN PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1345 N3266P PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 29, 4477 TOTAL HOURS, 757 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLEMING FLD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SO ST PAUL,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED REMARKS- DOWNLOCK LINK ASSEMBLY FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3266P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fleming Fld
N3266PRegistration cancelled Sep 10, 2012 · Piper PA-23-160Airframe modelPiper PA-23-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.