- Date
- September 8, 1966
- Place
- Pittstown, NJ · PITTSTOWN, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1343PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report October 26, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121072
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2381 66/9/8 PITTSTOWN NJ PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1900 N1343P PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 53, 20750 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 301 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALEXANDRIA FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- TOW BAR ATTACHED TO NOSE WHEEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1343P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Alexandria Field
N1343PRegistration cancelled Feb 24, 2011 · Piper PA-23Airframe modelPiper PA-23Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.