- Date
- June 19, 1978
- Place
- Springfield, MO · SPRINGFIELD, MO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N55306Piper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report September 7, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780619017069A
- Case key
- 141479
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1852 78/6/19 SPRINGFIELD,MO PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 75 TOTAL TIME - 0945 N55306 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPRINGFIELD MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPRINGFIELD,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE REMARKS- LEFT MLG TRUNION, PART NO.67041 & 67043 FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55306
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Springfield Muni
N55306Registered now · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming 0-350 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.