- Date
- July 30, 1966
- Place
- Bohemia, NY · BOHEMIA, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5691YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122241
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2314 66/7/30 BOHEMIA NY PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 3970 TIME - 1800 N5691Y PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - L.I.MACARTHUR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS REMARKS- NOSE GEAR DRAG STRUT DIRTY PREVENTING NOSE GEAR FROM LOCKING DOWN.RIGHT MAIN GEAR LIGHT INOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5691Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- L.I.Macarthur
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