- Date
- June 4, 1965
- Place
- Manassas, VA · MANASSAS, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1215PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177969
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1390 65/6/4 MANASSAS VA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1040 N1215P PX- 0 0 0 CHECK AGE 32, 443 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 8 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MANASSAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS REMARKS- NOSE GEAR MICRO SWITCH INOPERATIVE FROM DIRT AND GRIT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1215P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Manassas
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