- Date
- April 2, 1980
- Place
- Olathe, KS · OLATHE, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N21399Piper PA-44
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800402007609A
- Case key
- 131412
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1201 80/4/2 OLATHE,KS PIPER PA-44 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1425 N21399 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 21, 825 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 ALL IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EXECUTIVE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KANSAS CITY,MO OLATHE,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY REMARKS- NOSE GEAR DRAG LINK .25IN PAST OVER CENTER TRAVEL LIMIT STATED IN MANUAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21399
- Reported as
- Piper PA-44
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Executive
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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.