- Date
- November 6, 1965
- Place
- Princeton, NJ · PRINCETON, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4491PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175165
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3238 65/11/6 PRINCETON NJ PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 1546 TIME - 1112 N4491P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 166 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRINCETON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BENT REMARKS- NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK P/N 16667-00 BENT PRECLUDING NOSE GEAR FROM BEING FULLY LOCKED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4491P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Princeton